Declivity
51drop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. let fall; give up, abandon; fall, plunge; faint, collapse; cease, terminate, end; drip; dismiss, let go. See descent, relinquishment, impotence. n. globule, bead; minim; bit, mite; descent. See… …
52fall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. plunge, drop, sink, tumble, topple; perish; be deposed, come to grief; happen, occur, take place; sin, misbehave, lapse. n. slope, declivity; downfall, defeat, comedown; drop, slump; plunge, tumble …
53slope — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slant, tilt, pitch, inclination; incline, grade, gradient, ramp, ascent, rise. See obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hillside] Syn. rising ground, incline, grade; see hill . 2. [Inclination] Syn.… …
54Descent — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion downwards. < N PARAG:Descent >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 descent descent descension declension declination Sgm: N 1 fall fall Sgm: N 1 falling falling &c. >V. ???>: slump …
55decline — v 1. deny, turndown, reject, refuse; frown upon, turn thumbs down on, negative, veto; resist, rebuff, repel, repudiate; spurn, shun, avoid; abstain from, forgo, do without. 2. dissent, demur, balk, protest; withhold consent, refuse, not budge,… …
56downslope — noun a downward slope or bend • Syn: ↑descent, ↑declivity, ↑fall, ↑decline, ↑declination, ↑declension • Ant: ↑ascent (for: ↑ …
57Acclivities — Acclivity Ac*cliv i*ty, n.; pl. {Acclivities}. [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See {Lean}.] A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending,… …
58Acclivity — Ac*cliv i*ty, n.; pl. {Acclivities}. [L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See {Lean}.] A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in… …
59Alert — A*lert ([.a]*l[ e]rt ), a. [F. alerte, earlier [ a] l erte on the watch, fr. It. all erta on the watch, prop. (standing) on a height, where one can look around; erta a declivity, steep, erto steep, p. p. of ergere, erigere, to erect, raise, L.… …
60Appui — Ap pui , n. [F., fr. L. ad + podium foothold, Gr. ?, dim. of ?, ?, foot.] 1. A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it.… …
