fall (noun)
81fall — 1. verb 1) bombs began to fall Syn: drop, descend, plummet, plunge, sink, dive, tumble, cascade 2) he tripped and fell Syn: topple over, tumble over, fall down/over …
82fall — {{11}}fall (n.) c.1200, a falling; see FALL (Cf. fall) (n.). O.E. noun form, fealle, meant snare, trap. Sense of autumn (now only in U.S.) is 1660s, short for fall of the leaf (1540s). That of cascade, waterfall is from 1570s. Wrestling sense is… …
83fall — I. verb (fell; fallen; falling) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin to Old High German fallan to fall and perhaps to Lithuanian pulti Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to descend freely by the force of… …
84fall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. plunge, drop, sink, tumble, topple; perish; be deposed, come to grief; happen, occur, take place; sin, misbehave, lapse. n. slope, declivity; downfall, defeat, comedown; drop, slump; plunge, tumble …
85fall — 1. to commit adultery The imagery is from falling from grace: It is their husband s faults, If wives do fall. (Shakespeare, Othello) Less often as a noun, and of any promiscuity: The Queen was convinced that what she called… …
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87fall — /fɔ:l/ noun a sudden drop or loss of value ● a fall in the exchange rate ● a fall in the price of gold ● a fall on the Stock Exchange ● Profits showed a 10% fall. ■ verb 1. to drop suddenly to a lower price ● Shares fell on the market today. ●… …
88fall — /fɔ:l/ noun a sudden reduction or loss of value ● a fall in the exchange rate ● a fall in the price of gold ● a fall on the Stock Exchange ● Profits showed a 10% fall. ■ verb 1. to be reduced suddenly to a lower price or value ● Shares fell on… …
89fall — 1. verb /fɔːl,fɔl,fɑl/ a) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground. b) To come down, to drop or descend. The rain fell at dawn …
90fall — [OE] The verb fall comes from prehistoric Germanic *fallan, which also produced German fallen, Dutch vallen, and Swedish falla. The noun is partly a survival of Old English feall, partly a borrowing from the related Old Norse fall, but probably… …
