Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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decline | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sink | Yes | No | Yes | No |
decline (noun) | sink (noun) |
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a downward slope or bend | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it |
change toward something smaller or lower | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof |
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system |
decline (verb) | sink (verb) |
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grow smaller | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly |
grow worse | embed deeply |
show unwillingness towards | go under |
inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | fall or descend to a lower place or level |
go down | cause to sink |
fall in value | fall or sink heavily |
not accept as true | appear to move downward |
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | |
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into |