To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
To cause to decrease or diminish.
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
To become weaker or worse.
To recite all the different declined forms of (a word).
A weakening.
Downward movement, fall.
A reduction or diminution of activity.
The act of declining or refusing something.
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.
To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
To attempt to take away a ball.
To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
Any instance in which one person intercepts another and forces them to the ground.
A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
A block and tackle.
A man's genitalia.
Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
An offensive line position between a guard and an end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
Clothing.
A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.