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Associations of "Stare down" (30 Words)

Associations of "Stare down" (30 Words)

abate	Become less in amount or intensity. The storm abated.
declension	The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages. This declension* involves only two endings a nominative and an oblique.*
declivity	A downward slope or bend. A thickly wooded declivity.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. He decreased his staff.
decrement	The ratio of the amplitudes in successive cycles of a damped oscillation. The instruction decrements the accumulator by one.
demoralize	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. She hastened her daughter s steps lest she be demoralized by beholding the free manners of these mad English.
descend	(of sound) become lower in pitch. Groups of visiting supporters descended on a local pub.
descending	Coming down or downward. The categories are listed in descending* order of usefulness.*
descent	The descendants of one individual. A descent* on the Channel ports.*
diminish	Cause to seem less impressive or valuable. The trial has aged and diminished him.
dismay	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. They were dismayed by the U turn in policy.
downgrade	Reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled.
downturn	A worsening of business or economic activity. The market took a downturn.
downward	Moving or leading towards a lower place or level. He lay face downward.
drop	An act of dropping supplies or troops by parachute. Warders standing on planks invariably flanked the prisoners on the drop.
falling	Decreasing in number, amount, intensity, or quality. Falling attendance figures.
flop	With a flopping sound. He landed on the bed with a great flop.
gaze	Look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought. The male gaze.
low	Of a vowel pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth open. We were talking low* so we wouldn t wake Dean.*
lower	Set lower. Lower a rating.
mandible	Either of the upper and lower parts of a bird’s beak. The drake is all black except for an orange mark on the upper mandible.
reduction	The act of reducing complexity. Special reductions on knitwear.
shrinkage	Process or result of becoming less or smaller. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting.
sink	Cause a ship to sink. They planned to sink* a gold mine in Oklahoma.*
sit	Adopt or be in a position in which one s weight is supported by one s buttocks rather than one s feet and one s back is upright. I cannot baby sit* tonight I have too much homework to do.*
submergence	The action of completely covering or obscuring something. Politicians may be blamed for submergence* of principle.*
substrate	The surface or material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment. Brachiopods attached to the substrate* by a stalk.*
under	Under water. An under* secretary.*
vertically	In a way that involves different levels or stages of a hierarchy or process. Vertically integrated companies.
yawn	Utter a yawn as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired. The yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop.