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slump

(sl/@/mp )

a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality(noun.process)

Example:
The team went into a slump.

Synonym:
drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack

source: wordnet30
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment(noun.state)

Synonym:
depression, economic crisis

source: wordnet30
The gross amount; the mass; the lump.(noun)

source: webster1913
A boggy place.(noun)

source: webster1913
A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

assume a drooping posture or carriage(verb.motion)

Synonym:
slouch

source: wordnet30
fall or sink heavily(verb.motion)

Example:
He slumped onto the couch.

Synonym:
sink, slide down

source: wordnet30
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly(verb.change)

Synonym:
fall off, sink

source: wordnet30
go down in value(verb.motion)

Example:
Prices slumped.

Synonym:
correct, decline, drop

source: wordnet30
To lump; to throw into a mess.(verb)

source: webster1913
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.(verb)

source: webster1913
To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.(verb)

source: webster1913

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