| Main Entry: | pounce |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | leap at; take by surprise |
Synonyms: |
ambush, attack, bound, dart, dash, dive, drop, fall upon, jump, snatch, spring, strike, surge, swoop, take unawares |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, bounce |
Synonyms: |
bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, saltate, skip, spring, vault |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assault, attack |
Synonyms: |
advance, foray, incursion, invasion, pounce, raid, swoop |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leap |
Synonyms: |
bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, capriole, dance, dive, drop, fall, gambade, gambol, hop, hopping, hurdle, jar, jerk, jolt, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, lurch, nosedive, plummet, plunge, pounce, rise, saltation, shock, skip, skipping, spring, start, swerve, twitch, upspring, upsurge, vault, wrench |
| Main Entry: | powder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid |
Synonyms: |
crumb, dust, film, grain, grit, meal, particle, pounce, pulverulence, seed, talc |
Antonyms: |
solid |
| Main Entry: | seize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abduct; take by force |
Synonyms: |
ambush, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, bag, bust, capture, carry off, catch, claw, clutch, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, exact, force, gain, get, grab, grasp, hijack, hook, impound, incorporate, kidnap, lift, nab, nail, occupy, overcome, overpower, overrun, overwhelm, pick up, pounce, secure, snag, snare, spirit away, subdue, take, take by storm, take captive, take over, take possession of, throttle, trap, usurp, wrench |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
Antonyms: |
free, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | swoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend quickly |
Synonyms: |
dive, fall, plummet, plunge, pounce, rush, slide, stoop, sweep |
Antonyms: |
ascend |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
deciduous, declivous, decurrent, decursive, defluous, demersal, descendent, descending, downgyred, labent, nodding to its fall, stillatitious
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| Concept: | [Motion downwards] Descent. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute; titubation, stumble; fate of Icarus., avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide., declivity, dip, hill.
-verbs
descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump., dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall., tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
-adjectives
descending; descendent; decurrent, decursive; labent, deciduous; nodding to its fall.
-adverbs
downhill, downwards.
-phrases
the bottom fell out.
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Antonyms: |
ascent |
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