fall (noun)
101free fall — ˈfree fall also free fall noun [singular, uncountable] JOURNALISM FINANCE when prices on a financial market go down suddenly or the economy gets worse very quickly: • After closing at $19.125 per share on Tuesday, the shares went into a free fall …
102ice fall — noun 1. A fall of ice 2. A steep broken place in a glacier • • • Main Entry: ↑ice * * * ice fall, a mass of glacial ice occurring on a steep grade: »Foot over foot…the rugged Himalayan porters…drive up a jagged ice fall of 3,000 feet (Time) …
103free fall — ► NOUN 1) downward movement under the force of gravity. 2) rapid descent or decline without means of stopping. ► VERB (free fall) ▪ move under the force of gravity; fall rapidly …
104free fall — free ,fall noun uncount 1. ) an occasion when a price or value suddenly becomes much lower 2. ) the part of a PARACHUTE jump when someone falls quickly toward the ground before the PARACHUTE opens ╾ free ,fall verb intransitive …
105leaf-fall — leafˈ fall noun 1. The shedding of leaves 2. The time of the shedding of leaves, usu autumn 3. Premature fall of leaves • • • Main Entry: ↑leaf …
106dead-fall — deadˈ fall noun A trap with a weight that falls when its support is removed • • • Main Entry: ↑dead …
107free fall — noun 1. the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field • Hypernyms: ↑drop, ↑fall 2. 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… …
108free-fall — noun (U) 1 part of a jump or fall from an aircraft that is made before the parachute 1 is opened 2 a very fast and uncontrolled fall in the value of something : in free fall: The pound sterling was in free fall. free falling adjective …
109free fall — noun Date: 1919 1. the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field; also such motion 2. a. the part of a parachute jump before the parachute opens b. a rapid and continuing drop or decline < a free fall in stock prices > • free fall …
110free fall — noun downward movement under the force of gravity only. ↘a rapid and unstoppable decline. verb (free fall) move under the force of gravity only; fall rapidly …
