A rolling down.
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
A boggy place.
A period when a person goes without the expected amount of sex or dating.
A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove.
To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.
To collapse heavily or helplessly.
To lump; to throw together messily.
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
To slouch or droop.
To decline or fall off in activity or performance.