Definition of fall

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Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..

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Light :: Light (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
Storm :: Storm (n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence..
Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed..
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..
Befallen :: Befallen (p. p.) of Befal.
Squat :: Squat (n.) A sudden or crushing fall.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.
Accidental :: Accidental (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
Sprinkling :: Sprinkling (n.) A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging..
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot..
Surely :: Surely (adv.) In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.
Tarantass :: Tarantass (n.) A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge..
Pippin :: Pippin (n.) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin..
Intercident :: Intercident (a.) Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.
Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..
Crash :: Crash (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once..
Hap :: Hap (v. i.) To happen; to befall; to chance.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.
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