calare

Definitions of calare
  1. verb
    disappear beyond the horizon
    synonyms: cadere, tramontare
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    antonyms:
    nascere, spuntare
    come up, of celestial bodies
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    discendere, fioccare, precipitare, ricadere, scendere
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  2. verb
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    synonyms: discendere, fioccare, precipitare, ricadere, scendere
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    antonyms:
    alzarsi, assurgere, elevarsi, innalzarsi, levarsi, montare, salire, sollevarsi, sorgere
    move upward
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    appiedare
    alight from (a horse)
    ruzzolare
    gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
    immergersi, tuffarsi
    drop steeply
    cadere, tramontare
    disappear beyond the horizon
    piombare, precipitare
    fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
    precipitare
    fall or come down violently
    ricadere
    to fall vertically
    picchiare
    fall or plunge forward
    affondare, profondare
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
    colare, gemere, gocciare, gocciolare, sgocciolare
    fall in drops
    piovere
    rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
    paracadutare
    jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
    liquidare
    sink down or precipitate
    inabissarsi, sprofondare
    sink below the surface
    sommergere
    sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    digradare, ricusare
    go down
    type of:
    andare, gire, ire, muovere, portarsi, recarsi, trasferirsi
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  3. verb
    let fall to the ground
    synonyms:
    ricadere
    to fall vertically
    abbassarsi, abbattersi, avvallarsi, cadere, cascare
    fall or descend to a lower place or level
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    abbandonare, lasciare cadere, reclinare
    let drop or droop
    type of:
    guarnire, muovere, spostare
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  4. verb
    be the essential element
  5. verb
    decrease in size, extent, or range
    synonyms: assottigliarsi, decrescere, diminuire, ribassare, scadere, scemare
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    accentuarsi, amplificare, aumentare, crescere, incrementare, ingrandirsi, salire
    become bigger or greater in amount
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    scomparire, sfigurare
    decrease rapidly and disappear
    affievolirsi, indebolirsi, infiacchirsi, rammollirsi, svigorirsi
    become weaker
    appassire, avvizzire, insecchire, rinsecchire, seccare
    wither, as with a loss of moisture
    abbonacciarsi, calmarsi
    become less in amount or intensity
    deflazionare
    become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
    diradarsi
    become sparser
    abbassarsi, decadere, digradare, ricusare
    grow smaller
    frenarsi, trattenersi
    lose velocity; move more slowly
    atrofizzarsi
    undergo atrophy
    sbiadire, scolorare, scolorire, sfumare
    become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
    inaridirsi
    dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
    annebbiarsi, appannarsi, oscurarsi
    become vague or indistinct
    consumarsi, deperire, languire, macerarsi, rodersi
    lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
    ottundere
    make less lively or vigorous
    rilassarsi
    become loose or looser or less tight
    rilassarsi
    become looser or slack
    frenarsi, rallentare, rilassarsi, trattenersi
    become slow or slower
    frenarsi, rallentare, trattenersi
    cause to proceed more slowly
    deperire
    lose strength
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