fall

What is the Definition of fall?

Noun:

  1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
  2. a sudden drop from an upright position
  3. the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
  4. a downward slope or bend
  5. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
  6. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
  7. a movement downward
  8. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
  9. the time of day immediately following sunset
  10. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
  11. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
  12. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Verb:

  1. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
  2. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  3. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
  4. come under, be classified or included
  5. fall from clouds
  6. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
  7. die, as in battle or in a hunt
  8. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
  9. be captured
  10. occur at a specified time or place
  11. decrease in size, extent, or range
  12. yield to temptation or sin
  13. lose office or power
  14. to be given by assignment or distribution
  15. move in a specified direction
  16. be due
  17. lose one's chastity
  18. to be given by right or inheritance
  19. come into the possession of
  20. fall to somebody by assignment or lot
  21. be inherited by
  22. slope downward
  23. lose an upright position suddenly
  24. drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
  25. fall or flow in a certain way
  26. assume a disappointed or sad expression
  27. be cast down
  28. come out; issue
  29. be born, used chiefly of lambs
  30. begin vigorously
  31. go as if by falling
  32. come as if by falling

How can I use fall in a sentence?

I know all about you, of course — I got a few extra books, for background reading, and you are in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century.

He was careful to walk a little way apart from the Dursleys so that Dudley and Piers, who were starting to get bored with the animals by lunchtime, would not fall back on their favorite hobby of hitting him.

The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fall right through it and reach them.

He would just gotten very angry with the Weasleys, who kept dive-bombing each other and pretending to fall off their brooms.

He pulled it out with difficulty, because it was very heavy, and, balancing it on his knee, let it fall open.


Other meanings of fall (synonyms, cognates).


ENRU
fall
  • падать, падение, осень
fall back
  • отступать [-пить]
fall flat
  • не иметь успеха
fall ill
  • или sick заболе(ва) ть
fall out
  • [по]ссориться
fall short
  • не хватать [-тить], кончаться [кончиться]
fall to
  • приниматься [-няться] за
fallacious
  • ошибочный
fallacy
  • ошибка
fallback
  • аварийный
  • переход
fallen
  • падать
fallibility
  • подверженность ошибкам
fallible
  • Пбез защиты от отказов
falloff
  • спад
fallout
  • выпадение
fallow
  • паровой


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