declination; fall; falling &c v.; slump; drop, plunge, plummet,
cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt,
trip, lurch; cropper, culbute†; titubation†, stumble; fate of Icarus.
avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide.
declivity, dip, hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.
V. descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip,
slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink,
droop, come down a peg; slump.
dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop &c 308; fall
prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall &c 308.
tumble, trip, stumble, titubate†, lurch, pitch, swag, topple,
topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump
down, come down a cropper.
Adj. descending &c v.; descendent; decurrent†, decursive†; labent†,
deciduous; nodding to its fall.
Adv. downhill, downwards.
Phr. the bottom fell out.