fall off a cliff
decreasingly
go off the boil
jump the shark
depletion
lapse
deaden
decretion
downturn
run down
take down a notch
die a death
decrease
go down
twilight
go backwards
decrescent
depreciating
increasableness
dwindling away
drop
decreasement
dwindling
mitigated
go to the dogs
weakened
falling-off
downtrend
diminute
unperk
decline
bliss point
dive
cut
plateau effect
slump
depreciate
cool down
free fall
reduction
depreciative
step-down
diminution
dip
fall
depreciatory
socionegative
impair
declensionist
erosion
doon
hield
lessen
suffer by comparison
depressing
slide
disvalue
downscale
hit the skids
look down
dwindle
decreasable
diminishingly
perfectly elastic supply
drop away
impaired
rot
unsell
loss
come down
water down
reduced
degrade
diminishable
bite the big one
fall behind
imminution
desaturate
degressive
heteroclite
disincline
in the tank
waste
sell down
downlevel
tarnish
debased
wane
falloff
down-
tail-off
scant
waver
tabid
decrescent
depreciating
mitigated
weakened
depreciative
depreciatory
socionegative
declensionist
doon
depressing
downscale
decreasable
dwindling
impaired
reduced
diminishable
degressive
heteroclite
debased
cut
tabid
decreasingly
diminishingly
depletion
lapse
decretion
downturn
decrease
twilight
increasableness
dwindling away
drop
decreasement
dwindling
falling-off
bliss point
dive
cut
plateau effect
free fall
reduction
step-down
diminution
dip
fall
erosion
hield
perfectly elastic supply
loss
imminution
falloff
tail-off
fall off a cliff
go off the boil
jump the shark
deaden
run down
take down a notch
die a death
go down
go backwards
go to the dogs
downtrend
diminute
unperk
decline
slump
depreciate
cool down
impair
lessen
suffer by comparison
slide
disvalue
hit the skids
look down
dwindle
drop away
rot
unsell
come down
water down
degrade
bite the big one
fall behind
desaturate
disincline
waste
sell down
downlevel
tarnish
wane
fall
scant
waver
decrease
verb
- To experience a decline in quality, appeal, popularity, etc.
- 2003, Jon Hein, Jump the Shark, book overview (revised edition; Plume; →ISBN, 9780452284104)
- 2004, Ronn Owens, Voice of Reason: Why the Left and Right Are Wrong, John Wiley & Sons, published 2004, →ISBN, page 212
- From that point on, Dallas was never the same. It hit its peak. It lost credibility. It jumped the shark.
- 2010, Michael Hewitt, "The Watcher: Which new TV shows will take off?", Orange County Register, 16 September 2010
- To undergo a storyline development which heralds a fundamental and generally disappointing change in direction.
noun
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A fall or apostasy.
- An interval of time between events.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- memory lapse
verb
verb
- To decline in quality or condition.
- To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
- To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
- To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- To run against and sink, as a vessel.
- To read quickly a list or other short text.
- To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
- To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
- To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
- To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
verb
- To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
- To crash.
- To be soundly defeated.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down.
- To be received or accepted.
- To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.
- To perform oral sex.
- To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
- To take place, happen.
- To sink.
- To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
- To stop functioning, to go offline.
- To be recorded or remembered (as).
- Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
noun
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
verb
- To cause to decrease or diminish.
- To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
- To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
- To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
- To become weaker or worse.
- To recite all the different declined forms of (a word).
noun
noun
- A decline.
- A downward swooping motion.
- A swim under water.
- A jump or plunge into water.
- Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- A deliberate fall after a challenge.
- A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
verb
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- To undertake with enthusiasm.
- To swim under water.
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
- To jump into water head-first.
noun
- A decrease.
- A particular version or edit of a film.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- A skein of yarn.
- A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- The result of cutting.
- In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- The act of cutting.
- An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- A slab, especially of meat.
- A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- A haircut.
adj
- Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- Reduced.
- Having been cut.
- Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- Carved into a shape; not raw.
- Emotionally hurt.
verb
- To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To exhibit (a quality).
- To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- To wound with a knife.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- To stop, disengage, or cease.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- To make or negotiate.
- To castrate or geld.
- To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To change direction suddenly.
- To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
- To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
intj
verb
- To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
- To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.
- To collapse heavily or helplessly.
- To lump; to throw together messily.
- To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
- To slouch or droop.
noun
- A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.
- A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
- The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
- A boggy place.
- A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
- The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
- A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.
noun
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a brief immersion
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief swim in water
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
verb
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- dip into a liquid while eating
- go down momentarily
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- take a small amount from
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- lower briefly
- appear to move downward
- slope downwards
- dip into a liquid
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
noun
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a downward slope or bend
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a movement downward
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
verb
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- come under, be classified or included
- fall from clouds
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- be captured
- occur at a specified time or place
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose office or power
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- move in a specified direction
- be due
- lose one's chastity
- to be given by right or inheritance
- come into the possession of
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be inherited by
- slope downward
- lose an upright position suddenly
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- fall or flow in a certain way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- be cast down
- come out; issue
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- begin vigorously
- go as if by falling
- come as if by falling
verb
- To decrease in amount or value.
- To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- To move on a low-friction surface.
- To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- To go; to move from one place or to another.
- To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- To drop down and skid into a base.
- To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
noun
- A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- A promiscuous woman, slut.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
verb
verb
- To decline in function or utility.
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
noun
noun
- gradual decline in amount or activity
- something that is lost
- the act of losing someone or something
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- the experience of losing a loved one
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- military personnel lost by death or capture
- euphemistic expressions for death
verb
- To decrease.
- To reach a decision.
- Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen.
- To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion.
- To rain.
- To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- To be demolished.
- To be passed through time.
- To descend, fall down, collapse.
verb
- To decrease in saturation.
- To undergo a decrease in the oxygen saturation level in the hemoglobin.
- To convert (a saturated compound) to an unsaturated one.
- To lessen the saturation of (a colour).
- To cause to become less saturated or unsaturated.
- Of the oxygen saturation level in one's hemoglobin: to decrease, to drop.
verb
- To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- To devastate; to destroy.
- To kill; to murder.
- To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
adj
- Barren; desert.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Useless and contemptible.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- Unfortunate; disappointing.
noun
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- A disused mine or part of one.
- Excrement or urine.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
verb
- To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
noun
verb
- To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
- To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
- To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
- To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
- To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
- To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
noun
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