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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Pitfall :: Pitfall (n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.
Deficit :: Deficit (n.) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc..
Ant-lion :: Ant-lion (n.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius..
Stumble :: Stumble (v. i.) To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against..
Punt :: Punt (v. t.) To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands..
Tidal :: Tidal (a.) Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters..
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..
Shatter :: Shatter (v. i.) To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..
Crashing :: Crashing (n.) The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.
Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..
Depauperate :: Depauperate (a.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved..
Hate :: Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love..
Cascade :: Cascade (n.) A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract..
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..
Befortune :: Befortune (v. t.) To befall.
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..
Lid :: Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti..
Welter :: Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest..
Rainbow :: Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..
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