fall

IPA: fˈɔɫ

noun

  • The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
  • A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
  • (chiefly Canada, US, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
  • A loss of greatness or status.
  • That which falls or cascades.
  • (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
  • (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
  • (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
  • (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
  • A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
  • (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
  • (nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
  • An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
  • A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
  • The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
  • (nautical) The chasing of a hunted whale.
  • (theology) The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
  • To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
  • To come down, to drop or descend.
  • To come as if by dropping down.
  • To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
  • To be brought to the ground.
  • (transitive) To move downwards.
  • (obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
  • (obsolete) To sink; to depress.
  • (UK, US, dialect, archaic) To fell; to cut down.
  • (intransitive) To change, often negatively.
  • (copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become.
  • (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
  • (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
  • (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
  • To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
  • (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
  • (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  • (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
  • (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
  • (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
  • (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
  • (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
  • (intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
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