STAIRCASE Antonyms
Definition of STAIRCASE
Best Opposite Words For STAIRCASE
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descent | nounn | |||||||
noun • a movement downward • properties attributable to your ancestry • the act of changing your location in a downward direction • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • a downward slope or bend • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
elevator | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building • the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend | ||||||||
escalator | nounn | |||||||
noun • a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) • a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt | ||||||||
incline | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an elevated geological formation • an inclined surface connecting two levels verb • have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined • bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well • lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow • be at an angle • feel favorably disposed or willing • make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | ||||||||
lift | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of giving temporary assistance • the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity • the event of something being raised upward • a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground • a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill • a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg • one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot • lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building • plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised • transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) • a ride in a car • the act of raising something verb • raise from a lower to a higher position • take hold of something and move it to a different location • move upwards • move upward • make audible • cancel officially • make off with belongings of others • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help • invigorate or heighten • raise in rank or condition • take off or away by decreasing • rise up • pay off (a mortgage) • take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property • take illegally • fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means • take (root crops) out of the ground • call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs • rise upward, as from pressure or moisture • put an end to • remove (hair) by scalping • remove from a seedbed or from a nursery • remove from a surface • perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face | ||||||||
ramp | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an inclined surface connecting two levels • North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers • a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft verb • behave violently, as if in state of a great anger • furnish with a ramp • be rampant • creep up -- used especially of plants • stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing | ||||||||
slide | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study • (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. • (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale • plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide • the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it • a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector • sloping channel through which things can descend verb • move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner • to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly • move smoothly along a surface | ||||||||
ground level | nounn | |||||||
noun • the height of the ground on which something stands • the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |