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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| peter out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| taper | /x | Noun |
| diminish | x/x | Verb |
| trail off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tail off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| slack off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pass off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| ease off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| die out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| wear off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take the edge off | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| wind down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| quiet down | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| drop off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| slacken | /x | Verb |
| fall away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wear thin | // | Phrase, Verb |
| die off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| abate | x/ | Noun |
| slip away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| melt into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fade | / | Noun |
| simmer down | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| turn down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| attenuate | x/xx | Verb |
| seep | / | Noun |
| fall | / | Noun |
| step down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dwindle | /x | Verb |
| pare | / | Noun |
| lessen | /x | Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun |
| ease up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pipe down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tamp | / | Noun |
| leave off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shorten | /x | Verb |
| small | / | Adjective |
| lay off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| die down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| chip away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun |
| peter | /x | Name |
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cut back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| downsize | /x | Verb |
| ease | / | Noun |
| come to an end | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| fine | / | Adjective |
| wean | / | Verb |
| fritter away | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| shrink | / | Verb |
| drift off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| decline | x/ | Noun |
| let up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| relax | x/ | Verb |
| slow | / | Adjective |
| soften | /x | Verb |
| die away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut down | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| truncate | /x | Noun |
| brit | / | Name |
| wane | / | Noun |
| relent | x/ | Verb |
| droop | / | Noun |
| moderate | /xx | Adjective |
| mellow out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wear away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| downplay | /x | Verb |
| let down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| weaken | /x | Verb |
| abridge | x/ | Verb |
| dampen | /x | Verb |
| switch off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| break off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| thin | / | Adjective |
| curtail | x/ | Verb |
| cut off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| play down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| water down | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tune out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| chop down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| retire | x/ | Verb |
| tender | /x | Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective |
| deduct | x/ | Verb |
| choke off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| close | / | Adjective |
| slake | / | Verb |
| tap out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| reduce | x/ | Verb |
| waste away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| spread out | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| quieten down | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lower | /x | Adjective |
| draw down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| draw in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| grow apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| come down to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| deepen | /x | Verb |
| bate | / | Noun |
| pull the plug | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slip | / | Noun |
| remit | x/ | Noun |
| dilute | x/ | Adjective |
| stem the tide | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| draw off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cut down to size | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| decelerate | x/xx | Verb |
| slack | / | Noun |
| narrow | /x | Adjective |
| pale | / | Adjective |
| trim | / | Noun |
| subside | x/ | Verb |
| shave | / | Verb |
| slim | / | Noun |
| darken | /x | Verb |
| slight | / | Adjective |
| abducted | x/x | Adjective |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| acuminate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| against | x/ | Adjective |
| along | x/ | Adverb |
| angled | /x | Adjective |
| apart | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| askew | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| beside | x/ | Adverb |
| bevel | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| boiling | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakout | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| busiest | /xx | Adjective |
| cancel | /x | Verb, Noun |
| candle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chord | / | Noun, Verb |
| coasts | / | Noun |
| colder | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| conic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curvature | /xx | Noun |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cutoff | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| dark | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deactivate | x/xx | Verb |
| deduction | x/x | Noun |
| defuse | x/ | Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| deselect | xx/ | Verb |
| diagonal | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| disable | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| disconnect | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| disconnection | xx/x | Noun |
| discount | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| disengagement | xx/x | Noun |
| dovetailed | /x | Adjective |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| driest | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| elevated | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| elsewhere | /x | Adverb, Noun |
| everything | /xx | Verb |
| excluding | x/x | Verb |
| exterior | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| external | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fermentation | xx/x | Noun |
| fixed | / | Adjective |
| flanged | / | Adjective |
| flare | / | Noun, Verb |
| for | / | Noun |
| forth | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| freeze | / | Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| her | x | Noun |
| hit | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| horizontal | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| idle | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| inactivate | x/xx | Verb |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| jump | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| latter | /x | Adjective |
| leave | / | Verb, Noun |
| less | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| lift | / | Verb, Noun |
| liminal | /xx | Adjective |
| lopsided | //x | Adjective |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| muffled | /x | Adjective |
| mute | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| near | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| not | / | Adverb, Noun |
| off duty | //x | Phrase |
| offline | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| offs | / | Noun |
| offshore | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| oft | / | Adverb, Noun |
| on | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| opponent | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| opposite | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| outdoor | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| outside | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| over | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| particular | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| peak | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| pick | / | Verb, Noun |
| pin | / | Noun, Verb |
| pitch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| point | / | Noun, Verb |
| pull | / | Verb, Noun |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| quiescent | x/x | Adjective |
| recessed | x/ | Adjective |
| reduction | x/x | Noun |
| remotely | x/x | Adverb |
| remove | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| reset | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| rest | / | Noun, Verb |
| ripple | /x | Noun, Verb |
| run | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| screw | / | Noun, Verb |
| scroll | / | Noun, Verb |
| seaward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| sharpen | /x | Verb |
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| shutdown | /x | Noun |
| sleep | / | Noun, Verb |
| slender | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| slope | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| slotted | /x | Adjective |
| sluggish | /x | Adjective |
| sour | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| spindle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| spoiled | / | Adjective |
| stabilize | /xx | Verb |
| starting | /x | Noun |
| stationary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| stop | / | Verb, Noun |
| swing | / | Noun, Verb |
| tape | / | Noun, Verb |
