come down

1. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (synset 201974840)
   "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
   is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   subtypes:

   • prolapse - slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
   • abseil, rappel, rope down - descend by means of a rappel
   • dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse - alight from (a horse)
   • avalanche, roll down - gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
   • dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply
   • go down, go under, set - disappear beyond the horizon
   • correct, decline, slump - go down in value
   • precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
   • sink, subside - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
   • crash - fall or come down violently
   • flop - fall suddenly and abruptly
   • topple, tumble - fall down, as if collapsing
   • drop - to fall vertically
   • plop - drop with the sound of something falling into water
   • pitch - fall or plunge forward
   • alight, climb down - come down
   • go down, go under, settle, sink - go under
   • pounce, swoop - move down on as if in an attack
   • drip - fall in drops
   • cascade, cascade down - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
   same as: descend, fall, go down
2. Be the essential element (synset 200238590)
   "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
   is a type of: become, turn - undergo a change or development
   same as: boil down, reduce
3. Fall from clouds (synset 202762779)
   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
   entail: condense, distil, distill - undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
   subtypes:

   • rain, rain down - precipitate as rain
   • spat - come down like raindrops
   • snow - fall as snow
   • hail - precipitate as small ice particles
   • sleet - precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
   same as: fall, precipitate
   verb group: fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
4. Get sick (synset 200087206)
   "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
   is a type of: decline, worsen - grow worse
   subtypes:

   • wan - become pale and sickly
   • contract, get, take - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
   • canker - become infected with a canker
   same as: sicken
5. Criticize or reprimand harshly (synset 200829119)
   "The critics came down hard on the new play"
   is a type of: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

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