afdaling

Definitions of afdaling
  1. noun
    a ski race down a trail
    synonyms: daling
  2. noun
    a downward slope or bend
    synonyms: daling
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    antonyms:
    hoogte, terreinverheffing
    an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
    type of:
    glooiing, helling, hellingsgraad, richtingscoëfficiënt, schuinte, val
    an elevated geological formation
  3. noun
    the act of changing your location in a downward direction
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    types:
    paardensprong, paardesprong
    descent with a parachute
    type of:
    beweging, omzetting, stroming, translocatie, transpositie, verplaatsing
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  4. noun
    a movement downward
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    duikeling, instorting, val
    a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
    douche
    a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
    verzakking
    a gradual sinking to a lower level
    submarino
    sinking until covered completely with water
    aardverschuiving, grondverschuiving, landverschuiving
    a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
    duik
    a steep and rapid fall
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