fall

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Its not desiring the fall; its terror of the flames.

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Quick take

the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fall gathered in one view.

noun

the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

noun

a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

noun

the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fall.

noun

the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

noun

a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

noun

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 downward slope or bend

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a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

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a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

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a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"

noun

the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

noun

the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

noun

when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

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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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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"

verb

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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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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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"

verb

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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suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"

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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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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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be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"

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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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decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

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yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

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lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

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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 youngest student"

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move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"

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be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

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lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"

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to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"

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come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

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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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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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drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"

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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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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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be cast down; "his eyes fell"

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come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"

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be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

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begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"

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go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"

verb

come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

Example sentences

Its not desiring the fall; its terror of the flames.

Outside the six of us, we've had countless guys come in for a season or two, and then kind of fall off and stop playing.

Youd have to have personally been trapped and felt flames to really understand a terror way beyond falling.

Whatever job you have, figure out how to be freakin' awesome at it and opportunities fall into your lap- trust me.

He pursues partnerships and deals that fall through because of unforeseen differences, despite his best efforts.

We have good days and bad days, but they fall within a certain manageable range because our body musters compensation for our emotions.

The variable here is the other terror, the fires flames: when the flames get close enough, falling to death becomes the slightly less terrible of two terrors.

No one is going to "fall in love" with your app if your app shouldn't exist in the first place because the old-school solution provided a superior experience.

It oxidizes easily, and it's oxides are heavy and non-soluble, so when it is released to the environment, it just tends to fall down and stay there.

I'm not making a value judgement in either direction there--I feel that poetry is a good metaphor, because things in Scala tend to fall apart in the reading department.

Because almost everything all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

But in languages without bounds checks, that logic can fall away as the computer starts reading or executing raw memory, which is no longer connected to specific variables or lines of code in your program.

I shredded all my mail, I haven't given any real information about me on any web site since 1997, never gave out any information about me willy-nilly including applying for too many credit cards, and I never fall for phishing attacks.

Until a company learns how to ensure that a business is obtaining a profit from providing this massive discount, without cheapening the product, and cannibalizing existing sales, the daily deals industry will continue to fall by the wayside.