Definition of fall

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Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals..

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Fall :: Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents..
Stumbler :: Stumble (n.) A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
Dizzy :: Dizzy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct..
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..
Drip :: Drip (v. i.) To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves..
Baroscope :: Baroscope (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir..
Drip :: Drip (v. i.) To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips..
Squat :: Squat (v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
Flop :: Flop (v. i.) To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Snow :: Snow (v. i.) To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little..
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm..
Outfall :: Outfall (n.) A quarrel; a falling out.
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Fil :: Fil () imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell..
Be- :: Be- () To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for)..
Gloaming :: Gloaming (n.) Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.
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