come down

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verb

1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (Freq. 14)
- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
• Syn:
descend, fall, go down
• Ant:
rise (for: fall), ascend (for: descend)
• See Also:
fall in (for: fall)
• Derivationally related forms:
fall (for: fall), descendant (for: descend), descendent (for: descend), descent (for: descend)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
prolapse, rappel, abseil, rope down, unhorse,
dismount, light, get off, get down, avalanche, roll down,
dive, plunge, plunk, set, go down, go under,
decline, slump, correct, precipitate, sink, subside,
crash, flop, tumble, topple, drop, plop,
pitch, alight, climb down, settle, pounce, swoop,
drip, cascade, cascade down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- The airplane is sure to come down
2. be the essential element (Freq. 2)
- The proposal boils down to a compromise
• Syn:
reduce, boil down
• Derivationally related forms:
reducible (for: reduce)
• Hypernyms:
become, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
3. fall from clouds (Freq. 1)
- rain, snow and sleet were falling
- Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
• Syn:
precipitate, fall
• Derivationally related forms:
precipitation (for: precipitate)
• Hyponyms:
rain, rain down, spat, snow, hail, sleet
• Verb Group:
fall
• Entailment:
condense, distill, distil
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. get sick (Freq. 1)
- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
• Syn:
sicken
• Hypernyms:
worsen, decline
• Hyponyms:
wan, contract, take, get, canker
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. criticize or reprimand harshly
- The critics came down hard on the new play
• Hypernyms:
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP