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S: (n) drop, fall (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity) "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

S: (n) change of location, travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

S: (n) movement, motion (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
S: (n) group action (action taken by a group of people)
S: (n) might-have-been (an event that could have occurred but never did)
S: (n) nonevent (an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected)
S: (n) happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event (an event that happens)
S: (n) social event (an event characteristic of persons forming groups)
S: (n) miracle (a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent)
S: (n) migration ((chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule)
S: (n) makeup, make-up (an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event) "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"
S: (n) zap (a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact) "they gave it another zap of radiation"
S: (n) Fall (the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve) "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

S: (n) gravitation (movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction) "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

S: (n) change of location, travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

S: (n) movement, motion (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (v) immerse, plunge (thrust or throw into) "Immerse yourself in hot water"
S: (v) dive, plunge, plunk (drop steeply) "the stock market plunged"
S: (v) plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity) "She plunged at it eagerly"

S: (v) plunge, launch (begin with vigor) "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
S: (v) plunge, immerse (cause to be immersed) "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
S: (v) plunge, dump (fall abruptly) "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
S: (v) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse (immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate) "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
S: (v) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up (devote (oneself) fully to) "He immersed himself into his studies"