plunging (verb)
41dip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plunge, dive; declivity, slope; hollow, depression; swim. v. t. immerse, plunge; scoop; sink. See obliquity, water, concavity. Ant., rise, incline, emerge. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The action of… …
42dive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plunge, dip, swoop; nosedive, power dive; slang, honky tonk. See descent, drinking. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A sudden motion downward] Syn. plunge, leap, spring, nosedive, headlong leap, headlong jump,… …
43ladle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spoon, dipper; metal pot. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. skimmer, scoop, vessel; see dipper , silverware , spoon . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To take a substance, as liquid, from a… …
44plunge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. dip, submerge; dive; sink, fall, drop; douse, go or put under water; gamble, bet heavily, go off the deep end (inf.); fling, jump. n. dive, swim, dip; submersion; informal, venture. See water, haste.… …
45scoop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scooper, ladle, dipper, spoon; slang, news, story, beat, lead, exclusive, dope (sl.). v. dig out, lade, hollow, rout, gouge, excavate; slang, beat out. See concavity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ladle,… …
46lade — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To fill] Syn. replenish, stuff, pack; see fill 1 . 2. [To dip] Syn. scoop, bail, spoon; see dip 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To place a burden or heavy load on: burden1, charge, cumber, encumber, freight, load,… …
47pitch — {{11}}pitch (n.) tar, O.E. pic, from L. pix (gen. picis) pitch, from PIE root *pi sap, juice (Cf. Gk. pissa, Lith. pikis, O.C.S. piklu pitch, related to L. pinus; see PINE (Cf. pine) (n.)) …
48jump — vb Jump, leap, spring, bound, vault are comparable as verbs meaning to move suddenly through space by or as if by muscular action and as nouns designating an instance of such movement through space. All of these terms apply primarily to the… …
49decrease — I UK [diːˈkriːs] / US [dɪˈkrɪs] verb Word forms decrease : present tense I/you/we/they decrease he/she/it decreases present participle decreasing past tense decreased past participle decreased ** Other ways of saying decrease: be/go/come down to… …
50plunge — I UK [plʌndʒ] / US verb Word forms plunge : present tense I/you/we/they plunge he/she/it plunges present participle plunging past tense plunged past participle plunged ** 1) [intransitive] to fall quickly from a high position It was still dark… …
