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How to sign: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
"The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again";
See also: collapse, fall in, cave in, give way, founder, give, break
Similiar / Same: descend, come down, fall
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: alight, avalanche, cascade, crash, decline, dive, drip, drop, flop, pitch, plop, pounce, precipitate, prolapse, rappel, set, sink, sink, tumble, unhorse
How to sign: grow smaller
"Interest in the project waned";
Similiar / Same: wane, decline
Categories: decrease, diminish, lessen
Within this category: dip, drop, wear on
How to sign: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
See also: sink in, permeate, filter, percolate
Similiar / Same: go under, sink, settle
Categories: come down, descend, fall, go down
Within this category: founder, submerge, subside
How to sign: disappear beyond the horizon
"the sun sets early these days";
