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(v)
(idiomatic) To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt.
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(n)
A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
An underground pit where sewage is held.
A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
(transitive and intransitive) To become detached or to drop from.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, down.
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
To change place.
A temporary failure; a slip.
To conclude or resolve (something):
fall or sink heavily
(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
An instance of a person or animal drowning.
(adj)
That has died by drowning.
(transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
(transitive) To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
A waterfall.
(intransitive) To swim under water.
(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
A hole in the ground.
The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
(figurative) That from which something proceeds; an origin, a source.
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
A closed container for liquids or gases.
A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.
The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
(transitive) To fit with a heat sink.
(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
An object or person who spreads.
Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
The act of declining or refusing something.
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
(adv)
(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
(transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
To move swiftly.
(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
decline
(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
(chiefly US, Philippines) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
(transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.
(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
(transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside.
A container.
(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
(transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
The act of receiving.
(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
The act by which something is received; reception.
A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
One who receives.
A person who receives.
The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
(uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.
(cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively