Definition of fall

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Fall (n.) The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall..

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Chance :: Chance (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Wamble-cropped :: Wamble-cropped (a.) Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected..
Bogue :: Bogue (v. i.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
Sleet :: Sleet (n.) Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..
Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels..
Thryfallow :: Thryfallow (v. t.) To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow.
Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..
Infallibleness :: Infallibleness (n.) The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility.
Bear :: Bear (n.) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market.
Stulm :: Stull (n.) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short..
Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy..
Fall :: 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..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Occasive :: Occasive (a.) Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds..
Fallowing :: Fallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fallo.
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