| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An area sunk below its surroundings: basin, concavity, depression, dip, hollow, pit1, sag, sinkhole. See CONVEX. 2. A place known for its great filth or corruption: cesspit, cesspool, pit1. Slang : armpit. See CLEAN, RIGHT. | | VERB: | 1. To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior: descend, lower2, stoop. See RISE. 2. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. Slang : total. Idioms: put the kibosh on. See HELP. 3. To become lower in quality, character, or condition: atrophy, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, retrograde, worsen. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs. See BETTER. 4. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture: drop, fall, slump. See RISE. 5. To slope downward: decline, descend, dip, drop, fall, pitch. See RISE. 6. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag2, languish, wane, waste (away), weaken. Informal : fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See INCREASE, STRONG. 7. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, drop, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, skid, slump, tumble. Idioms: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn) . See INCREASE. 8. To undergo moral deterioration: fall, slip. Idioms: go bad (or wrong) . See RIGHT. 9. To cause to penetrate with force: dig, drive, plunge, ram, run, stab, stick, thrust. See PUT IN. 10. To fall or drift down to the bottom: gravitate, settle. See RISE. 11. To go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid: founder1, submerge, submerse. See RISE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | sink in To come as a realization: dawn on or (upon), register, soak in. See KNOWLEDGE.
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