Etymology: [ 'fol ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti.
Synonyms: desire, fall in love with, flip over, go head over heels, lose one’s head over, succumb
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance or fate, To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc), To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively (see [[#Usage notes|Usage notes]] below), To become, To die, especially in battle, To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated, To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity, To come down, to drop or descend, To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself, To cause something to descend to the ground (to drop it); especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down (felling it), To be brought to the ground, Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed, The act of moving in a fluid or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position, A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction, The action of a batsman being out, A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc, autumn, A loss of greatness or status, If someone or something falls, they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force. Her father fell into the sea after a massive heart attack Bombs fell in the town I ought to seal the boxes up. I don't want the books falling out Twenty people were injured by falling masonry. Fall is also a noun. The helmets are designed to withstand impacts equivalent to a fall from a bicycle, If a person or structure that is standing somewhere falls, they move from their upright position, so that they are then lying on the ground. The woman gripped the shoulders of her man to stop herself from falling We watched buildings fall on top of people and pets He lost his balance and fell backwards. Fall is also a noun. Mrs Briscoe had a bad fall last week. Fall down means the same as fall. I hit him so hard he fell down Children jumped from upper floors as the building fell down around them. + fallen fall·en A number of roads have been blocked by fallen trees, tumble; descent; decrease; collapse; autumn; waterfall; being seduced; slope; (during an attack) landing of any missile (coined during the Israel-Hizbollah conflict in July-August 2006), tumble; descend; decrease; become; occur on; be victimized, Autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox in late September to the winter solstice in late December, Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire, Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin, The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol, Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents, A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence, The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall, The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship, To let fall; to drop, Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope, To diminish; to lessen or lower, To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice, To bring forth; as, to fall lambs, To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree, To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes, a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides", a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue", That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting, To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation, a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg", the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973", when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall", Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule, Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels, Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet, The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice, The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn, That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow, Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness, The act of felling or cutting down, Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara, To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer, to die, Blame; punishment, See falls, to become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows, to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate, to cause something to descend to the ground; especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down, To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean, To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle, To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the countenance, To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall into difficulties, To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed, To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin, To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls, To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals, To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees, pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work", To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc, to become less; as, the price falls; stocks fell two points, To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate, begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away", a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall", move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again", come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading", fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum", a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height", when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat, a downward slope or bend, the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort", the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night", decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper", come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son", Of a spacecraft or spatial body, to drop toward another spatial body under the influence of the latter's gravity, The fastest form of mass movement, occurring when rock or sediment breaks off from a steep or vertical slope and descends at a rate of 9 8 meters per second A fall can be extremely dangerous, a landslide in which material free falls, When a planet is in the sign which is opposite the sign of its exaltation, it is said to be in its fall A planet in its fall is believed to be severely weakened, because the sign's characteristics are inimical to the natural expression of the planetary energy Example: Mars is in its fall in the sign of Cancer See also Detriment, Dignity and Exaltation, Season between summer and winter Astronomically it is the period from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back", If the horse's shoulders or hindquarters, or any part of the rider's body touches the ground, it is considered a fall, which brings automatic disqualification, a meteorite that was seen to fall Such meteorites are usually recovered soon after the fall and are relatively free of terrestrial contamination and weathering effects, the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall", a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice", If someone falls in battle, they are killed. Another wave of troops followed the first, running past those who had fallen, You can use fall to show that someone or something passes into another state. For example, if someone falls ill, they become ill, and if something falls into disrepair, it is then in a state of disrepair. It is almost impossible to visit Florida without falling in love with the state I took Moira to the cinema, where she fell asleep Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation, If you say that something or someone falls into a particular group or category, you mean that they belong in that group or category. The problems generally fall into two categories Both women fall into the highest-risk group, If a place falls in a war or election, an enemy army or a different political party takes control of it. Croatian army troops retreated from northern Bosnia and the area fell to the Serbs With the announcement `Paphos has fallen!' a cheer went up from the assembled soldiers. Fall is also a noun. the fall of Rome, If a powerful or successful person falls, they suddenly lose their power or position. There's a danger of the government falling because it will lose its majority The moment Mrs Thatcher fell from power has left a lasting imprint on the world's memory. Fall is also a noun. Following the fall of the military dictator in March, the country has had a civilian government rise, When rain or snow falls, it comes down from the sky. Winds reached up to 100mph in some places with an inch of rain falling within 15 minutes. Fall is also a noun. One night there was a heavy fall of snow. see also rainfall, snowfall, If you fall somewhere, you allow yourself to drop there in a hurried or disorganized way, often because you are very tired. Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed, If something falls, it decreases in amount, value, or strength. Output will fall by 6% Her weight fell to under seven stones Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent The number of prosecutions has stayed static and the rate of convictions has fallen. a time of falling living standards and emerging mass unemployment. = drop rise Fall is also a noun. There was a sharp fall in the value of the pound, If the responsibility or blame for something falls on someone, they have to take the responsibility or the blame for it. That responsibility falls on the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, If a celebration or other special event falls on a particular day or date, it happens to be on that day or date. the oddly named Quasimodo Sunday which falls on the first Sunday after Easter, Fall is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler. He was elected judge in the fall of 1991 The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall. see also fallen, To fall to pieces, or in British English to fall to bits, means the same as to fall apart. At that point the radio handset fell to pieces, to fall on your feet: see foot to fall foul of: see foul to fall flat: see flat to fall from grace: see grace to fall into place: see place to fall short: see short to fall into the trap: see trap to fall by the wayside: see wayside, You can refer to a waterfall as the falls. panoramic views of the falls. Niagara Falls, When night or darkness falls, night begins and it becomes dark. As darkness fell outside, they sat down to eat at long tables, When light or shadow falls on something, it covers it. Nancy, out of the corner of her eye, saw the shadow that suddenly fell across the doorway, If someone's hair or a garment falls in a certain way, it hangs downwards in that way. a slender boy with black hair falling across his forehead, If you say that someone's eyes fell on something, you mean they suddenly noticed it. As he laid the flowers on the table, his eye fell upon a note in Grace's handwriting, Peak on the brow of a helmet, sometimes pivotted at the sides, Indicates that the meteorite in question was found as a result of observing it as a meteor, be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy", fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims", be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead", move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward", to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student", lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen", lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman", suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside", to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter", slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean", lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead", be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon", occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable", go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts", be cast down; "his eyes fell", come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth", drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees", descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse", assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell", yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell", touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears", The act of the bird falling to the ground or water from the flight path after being harvested by the gunner, A mass of roof rock or coal which has fallen in any part of a mine, The spot on the ground and it's surrounding area where the item to be retrieve fell Also called "AREA OF FALL", Meteorites seen in the sky and recovered on the ground, (Water Pump/Hydro Sections) - The vertical descent of water, usually measured in vertical feet Also called "head", [pinfall] A referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat, Witnessed event of meteorite-dropping fireball, A musical effect in which the pitch of a note is made to fall dramatically after the initial sounding, n [pinfall] a referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat, The disobedience and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden (Genesis 3) See Chapter 1, come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading, be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month", die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead", a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue" a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away" be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" be cast down; "his eyes fell" assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward" be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy" to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student" to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell" lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman" touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading, A planet is in fall when placed in the sign opposite to that of its exaltation A debility, To borrow a phrase from Carl Ockier, "a dynamic retreat from a climb ", a fall (or pin) occurs when both shoulders or scapula of either wrestler are held in contact with mat for to continuous seconds Both shoulders or scapula must be inbounds, The amount of slope or slant per horizontal foot of a drain pipe or surface, come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell",
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To be allotted to; to arrive through chance or fate - "And so it falls to me to make this important decision."
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To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc) - "The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal."
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To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively (see [[#Usage notes|Usage notes]] below) - "Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal."
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To become - "She has fallen ill."
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To die, especially in battle - "This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War."
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To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated - "Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD."
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To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity - "Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground."
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To come down, to drop or descend - "The rain fell at dawn."
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To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself - "He fell to the floor and begged for mercy."
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To cause something to descend to the ground (to drop it); especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down (felling it) - "Ghoaſt . / To morrow in the battaile thinke on me, / And fall thy edgeleſſe ſword, diſpaire and die."
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To be brought to the ground
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Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed - "He set up his rival to take the fall."
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The act of moving in a fluid or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position
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A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction
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The action of a batsman being out
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A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc
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A loss of greatness or status - "the fall of Rome"
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If someone or something falls, they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force. Her father fell into the sea after a massive heart attack Bombs fell in the town I ought to seal the boxes up. I don't want the books falling out Twenty people were injured by falling masonry. Fall is also a noun. The helmets are designed to withstand impacts equivalent to a fall from a bicycle
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If a person or structure that is standing somewhere falls, they move from their upright position, so that they are then lying on the ground. The woman gripped the shoulders of her man to stop herself from falling We watched buildings fall on top of people and pets He lost his balance and fell backwards. Fall is also a noun. Mrs Briscoe had a bad fall last week. Fall down means the same as fall. I hit him so hard he fell down Children jumped from upper floors as the building fell down around them. + fallen fall·en A number of roads have been blocked by fallen trees
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tumble; descent; decrease; collapse; autumn; waterfall; being seduced; slope; (during an attack) landing of any missile (coined during the Israel-Hizbollah conflict in July-August 2006) isim
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tumble; descend; decrease; become; occur on; be victimized fiil
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Autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox in late September to the winter solstice in late December
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Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire
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Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin
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The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol
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Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents
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A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence
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The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall
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The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship
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To let fall; to drop
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Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope
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To diminish; to lessen or lower
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To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice
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To bring forth; as, to fall lambs
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To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree
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To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes
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a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"
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a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"
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That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting
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To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation
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a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
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when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
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Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule
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Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels
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Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet
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The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice
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The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn
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That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow
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Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness
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The act of felling or cutting down
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Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer
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to die
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Blame; punishment
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to become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows
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to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate
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to cause something to descend to the ground; especially to cause a tree to descend to the ground by cutting it down
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To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean
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To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle
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To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the countenance
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To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall into difficulties
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To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed
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To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin
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To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls
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To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals
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To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees
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pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
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To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc
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to become less; as, the price falls; stocks fell two points
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To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate
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begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
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a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
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move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
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come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
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fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
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a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
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when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
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a downward slope or bend
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the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
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the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
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decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
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come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
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Of a spacecraft or spatial body, to drop toward another spatial body under the influence of the latter's gravity
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The fastest form of mass movement, occurring when rock or sediment breaks off from a steep or vertical slope and descends at a rate of 9 8 meters per second A fall can be extremely dangerous
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a landslide in which material free falls
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When a planet is in the sign which is opposite the sign of its exaltation, it is said to be in its fall A planet in its fall is believed to be severely weakened, because the sign's characteristics are inimical to the natural expression of the planetary energy Example: Mars is in its fall in the sign of Cancer See also Detriment, Dignity and Exaltation
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Season between summer and winter Astronomically it is the period from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
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fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
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If the horse's shoulders or hindquarters, or any part of the rider's body touches the ground, it is considered a fall, which brings automatic disqualification
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a meteorite that was seen to fall Such meteorites are usually recovered soon after the fall and are relatively free of terrestrial contamination and weathering effects
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the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
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a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
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If someone falls in battle, they are killed. Another wave of troops followed the first, running past those who had fallen
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You can use fall to show that someone or something passes into another state. For example, if someone falls ill, they become ill, and if something falls into disrepair, it is then in a state of disrepair. It is almost impossible to visit Florida without falling in love with the state I took Moira to the cinema, where she fell asleep Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation
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If you say that something or someone falls into a particular group or category, you mean that they belong in that group or category. The problems generally fall into two categories Both women fall into the highest-risk group
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If a place falls in a war or election, an enemy army or a different political party takes control of it. Croatian army troops retreated from northern Bosnia and the area fell to the Serbs With the announcement `Paphos has fallen!' a cheer went up from the assembled soldiers. Fall is also a noun. the fall of Rome
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If a powerful or successful person falls, they suddenly lose their power or position. There's a danger of the government falling because it will lose its majority The moment Mrs Thatcher fell from power has left a lasting imprint on the world's memory. Fall is also a noun. Following the fall of the military dictator in March, the country has had a civilian government rise
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When rain or snow falls, it comes down from the sky. Winds reached up to 100mph in some places with an inch of rain falling within 15 minutes. Fall is also a noun. One night there was a heavy fall of snow. see also rainfall, snowfall
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If you fall somewhere, you allow yourself to drop there in a hurried or disorganized way, often because you are very tired. Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed
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If something falls, it decreases in amount, value, or strength. Output will fall by 6% Her weight fell to under seven stones Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent The number of prosecutions has stayed static and the rate of convictions has fallen. a time of falling living standards and emerging mass unemployment. = drop rise Fall is also a noun. There was a sharp fall in the value of the pound
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If the responsibility or blame for something falls on someone, they have to take the responsibility or the blame for it. That responsibility falls on the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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If a celebration or other special event falls on a particular day or date, it happens to be on that day or date. the oddly named Quasimodo Sunday which falls on the first Sunday after Easter
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Fall is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler. He was elected judge in the fall of 1991 The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall. see also fallen
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To fall to pieces, or in British English to fall to bits, means the same as to fall apart. At that point the radio handset fell to pieces
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to fall on your feet: see foot to fall foul of: see foul to fall flat: see flat to fall from grace: see grace to fall into place: see place to fall short: see short to fall into the trap: see trap to fall by the wayside: see wayside
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You can refer to a waterfall as the falls. panoramic views of the falls. Niagara Falls
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When night or darkness falls, night begins and it becomes dark. As darkness fell outside, they sat down to eat at long tables
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When light or shadow falls on something, it covers it. Nancy, out of the corner of her eye, saw the shadow that suddenly fell across the doorway
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If someone's hair or a garment falls in a certain way, it hangs downwards in that way. a slender boy with black hair falling across his forehead
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If you say that someone's eyes fell on something, you mean they suddenly noticed it. As he laid the flowers on the table, his eye fell upon a note in Grace's handwriting
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Peak on the brow of a helmet, sometimes pivotted at the sides
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Indicates that the meteorite in question was found as a result of observing it as a meteor
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be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
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fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
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be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
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move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"
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to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"
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lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
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lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"
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suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
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to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
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slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
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lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
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be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
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occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
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go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
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be cast down; "his eyes fell"
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come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
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drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
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descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
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assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
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yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
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touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
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The act of the bird falling to the ground or water from the flight path after being harvested by the gunner
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A mass of roof rock or coal which has fallen in any part of a mine
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The spot on the ground and it's surrounding area where the item to be retrieve fell Also called "AREA OF FALL"
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Meteorites seen in the sky and recovered on the ground
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(Water Pump/Hydro Sections) - The vertical descent of water, usually measured in vertical feet Also called "head"
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[pinfall] A referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat
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Witnessed event of meteorite-dropping fireball
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A musical effect in which the pitch of a note is made to fall dramatically after the initial sounding
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n [pinfall] a referee's count of three with the loser's shoulders on the mat
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The disobedience and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden (Genesis 3) See Chapter 1
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come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading
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be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
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die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
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a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue" a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away" be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" be cast down; "his eyes fell" assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward" be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy" to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student" to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell" lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman" touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading
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A planet is in fall when placed in the sign opposite to that of its exaltation A debility
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To borrow a phrase from Carl Ockier, "a dynamic retreat from a climb "
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a fall (or pin) occurs when both shoulders or scapula of either wrestler are held in contact with mat for to continuous seconds Both shoulders or scapula must be inbounds
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The amount of slope or slant per horizontal foot of a drain pipe or surface
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come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
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