Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)descend, fall, go down, come downmove downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way“The temperature is going down”,
“The barometer is falling”,
“The curtain fell on the diva”,
“Her hand went up and then fell again” (v)precipitate, come down, fallfall from clouds“rain, snow and sleet were falling”,
“Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum” (v)sicken, come downget sick“She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital” (v)come downcriticize or reprimand harshly“The critics came down hard on the new play”