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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class II. Words Relating to Space |
| Section IV. Motion |
| 4. Motion with Reference to Direction |
| 306. [Motion Downwards.] Descent. |
| NOUN: | DESCENT, descension [rare], inclination, declension, declination; decurrence [rare], downcome, comedown, downcast, setback, fall; falling &c. v.; slump [colloq.], drop, cadence; subsidence, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; culbute [F.], titubation, stumble; fate of -Icarus, - Phaëthon, - Lucifer. AVALANCHE, debacle, débâcle [F.], landslip [Eng.], landslide [U. S.], slide, snowslip, snowslide, glissade. DECLIVITY, dip, decline, pitch, drop, down-grade. ELEVATOR [See Elevation]. STAIRWAY [See Ascent]. |
| VERB: | DESCEND; go -, drop -, comedown; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, settle; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg [colloq.], slump [colloq.]. GET DOWN, dismount, alight, light; swoop, souse; stoop [See Depression]; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall [See Depression]. TUMBLE, trip, stumble, titubate [rare], lurch, pitch, swag, topple; topple -, tumble- -down, - over; tilt, sprawl, plump, plump down; come -, fall -, get- a cropper [colloq. or slang]. |
| ADJECTIVE: | STEEP, sloping, declivitous, declivous; beetling (high) [See Height]; bottomless (deep) [See Depth]. DESCENDING &c. v.; down, downcast; descendent; decurrent, decursive; labent [rare], deciduous; nodding to its fall. |
| ADVERB: | DOWNWARD or downwards, downhill. |
| QUOTATION: | From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve.—Milton |
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