| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A downward slope or distance: decline, declivity, descent, drop, fall. See RISE. 2. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, fall, nosedive, plunge, spill, tumble. Informal : header. See RISE. 3. Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity: depth (often used in plural), ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, fury, intensity, severity, vehemence, vehemency, violence. See BIG, STRONG. 4. Informal. A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity: advertisement, ballyhoo, buildup, promotion, publicity, puffery. Informal : plug. Slang : hype. See KNOWLEDGE. 5. An act of throwing: cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, shy2, sling, throw, toss. See MOVE. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product): advertise, ballyhoo, build up, cry (up), popularize, promote, publicize, talk up. Informal : plug. Slang : push. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. To slope downward: decline, descend, dip, drop, fall, sink. See RISE. 3. To raise upright: erect, put up, raise, rear2, set up, upraise, uprear. See HORIZONTAL, RISE. 4. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, fall, go down, nose-dive, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idioms: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble) . See RISE. 5. To lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis: lurch, roll, seesaw, yaw. See MOVE, STRAIGHT. 6. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, shoot, shy2, sling, throw, toss. Informal : fire. See MOVE. 7. To move vigorously from side to side or up and down: heave, rock, roll, toss. See REPETITION. | | PHRASAL VERB: | pitch into Informal. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or (upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal : light into. See ATTACK.
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