n
A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
v
(transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
v
(transitive) To let down or disappoint.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
v
(of an athlete) to reduce one's training, particularly during the offseason, in preparation for a cycle of retraining.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action).
n
An act of downflexing or an instance where something has been downflexed.
v
To place lower in position.
adj
To, from, or at a lower level.
v
(transitive) To move further down a list (especially in terms of endangered animals that are no longer at such risk).
v
To make or become downmarket.
v
(transitive, chiefly linguistics) To lower in rank.
n
A reduction in quality or quantity.
v
To apply a downward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
n
Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.
n
(economics) (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To lower physically.
n
(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
v
To lower to the same level or status.
adj
That decreases in stages
adj
(of a transformer) Used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.
v
(intransitive) To diminish gradually.
adj
(economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To dig under or beneath; to undermine.
adj
(bridge-building) Having the truss below the roadway, as in a deck bridge.
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