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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