All fall away synonyms

verb fall away

• condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
• subside — to sink to a low or lower level.
• droop — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• sag — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• degenerate — If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
• peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
• melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
• fall back — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
• die out — If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
• ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• die down — If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
• revert — to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• wilt — to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
• drop off — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
• ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• purse — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
• subside — to sink to a low or lower level.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• shrivel — shrink, dry up
• tighten — make more snug or secure
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• lessen — to become less.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• clench — When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• wrinkle — an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• edit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
• omit — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
• recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• wither — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.