Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

arise v (GET UP)

ascend v (GO UP)
ascent n (CLIMB)
ascent n (SLOPE)
base jumping n
bristle v (HAIR)
cascade v
clamber v
climb v (RISE)
climb v (GROW)
climb n
climbing adj (PLANT)
collapse v (FALL)
collapse n (FALL)
crumple v
depress v (REDUCE)
descend v (POSITION)
descent n (POSITION)
dip v (DROP)
dive v (BECOME LESS)
dive v (MOVE QUICKLY)
dive n (LOSS)
down adv (LOWER POSITION)
down adv (DESTROY)
down adv (FAR)
down adv (OLDER TO YOUNGER)
down prep (LOWER POSITION)
down prep (ALONG)
down prep (TO)
down v (LOWER POSITION)
down- prefix
downhill adv, adj
downstairs adv
downstream adv, adj
downward adj
downwards adv
drop v (FALL)
elevate v
elevated adj
erect v (MAKE VERTICAL)
fall v (HAVE AN ACCIDENT)
fall v (COME DOWN)
fall n (ACCIDENT)
fall n (MOVEMENT DOWNWARDS)
fallen adj (LYING ON GROUND)
flop v (FALL)
flop n (FALL)
free fall n
head-first adj
headlong adv, adj
heave v (MOVE)
heavenward adv
hoick v
hoist v
lever v, at lever n (BAR/HANDLE)
lever v, at lever n (ADVANTAGE)
leverage n (ACTION)
levitate v
lift v (RAISE)
lift v (TAKE HOLD)
lift n (RAISE)
litter v
lower v (MOVE)
mount v (GO UP)
nosedive n
nosedive v

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

off prep (AWAY FROM)

over prep (FALLING)
over adv (DOWN)
overbalance v
pancake landing n
parachute v
parachutist n
perpendicular adj
plummet v
plunge v (FALL)
plunge n (MOVEMENT)
plunge n (REDUCTION)
pratfall n
prise v
prize v (LIFT)
pry v (OPEN)
raise v (LIFT)
rear v (RISE)
relinquish v
rise v (MOVE UP)
rise v (BECOME HIGHER)
rise v (STOP WORK)
scale v (CLIMB)
scramble v (MOVE QUICKLY)
scramble n (CLIMBING)
settlement n (MOVEMENT LOWER)
shin v
shinny v
shower v (FALL)
sink v (FALL)
skyward adv, adj
sling v (THROW)
soar v (RISE QUICKLY)
spiral v
stumble v (WALK)
subside v (LOWER LEVEL)
subsidence n
sunken adj
take-off n (AIRCRAFT)
thump n
topple v (FALL)
trip n (FALL)
trip v (LOSE BALANCE)
tumble v
tumble n
up adv (HIGHER)
up adv (VERTICAL)
up adv (TOP)
up adv (HAIR)
up prep (HIGHER)
up prep (TOP)
up adj (RISING)
uphill adj, adv
uplift v (RAISE)
uplifted adj
upper adj
uppermost adj, adv
upright adv
upturned adj
upward adj
upwards adv
vertical adj
vertical n
winch v, at winch n
downward, at downwards adv
heavenwards, at heavenward adv

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

prise, at prize v (LIFT)

shinny, at shin v
skywards, at skyward adv, adj
upward, at upwards adv
go ass over (tea)kettle
come a cropper
fall flat on your face
hoist a flag
a shower of sth
up and down
fall by the wayside
go arse over tit/tip idiom
go/send sth/sb flying idiom
drop like flies idiom
collapse/fall in a heap idiom
hit the deck idiom
let go idiom
take a spill idiom
drop/fall/sink like a stone idiom
ass over teakettle idiom
be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
go ass over (tea)kettle, at go arse over tit/tip idiom

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