Definition of fall

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Fall (v. t.) 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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Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men..
Undercliff :: Undercliff (n.) A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) 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..
Acceleration :: Acceleration (n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..
Squab :: Squab (adv.) With a heavy fall; plump.
Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.
Sick :: Sick (v. i.) To fall sick; to sicken.
Shank :: Shank (v. i.) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off..
Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current..
Leontodon :: Leontodon (n.) A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth..
Stab :: Stab (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
Crocodile :: Crocodile (n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile..
Libration Point :: Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body..
Fortune :: Fortune (v. i.) To fall out; to happen.
Decadency :: Decadency (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence..
Stooper :: Stoop (n.) The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop.
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