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Look up: fall

  1. fall
    [Verb] To get lower or smaller.
    Example: The number of people buying houses fell last year.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. fall
    [n] - the season when the leaves fall from the trees 2. [n] - the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve 3. [n] - when a wrestler`s shoulders are forced to the mat 4. [n] - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance 5. [n] - a movement do...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Fall
    a planet is in fall in the sign opposite its exaltation – here its energy is qualitatively obstructed and comes over problematically; see also rulerships, detriment, exaltation.
    Found on http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/Glastonbur

  4. fall
    Tackle running rope. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • process by which the landing gear is lowered Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Fall
    Fall (fal) intransitive verb [ imperfect Fell (fĕl); past participle Fallen ; present participle & verbal noun Falling .] [ Anglo-Saxon feallan
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/5

  6. Fall
    Fall transitive verb 1. To let fall; to drop. [ Obsolete] « For every tear he falls , a Trojan bleeds.» Shak. 2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [ Obsolete] 3. To diminish; to les...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/5

  7. Fall
    Fall noun 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, an...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/5

  8. fall
    1. 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. 'I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.' (Luke x. 18) ... 2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recum...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. fall
    autumn noun the season when the leaves fall from the trees; `in the fall of 1973`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. fall
    verb occur at a specified time or place; `Christmas falls on a Monday this year`; `The accent falls on the first syllable`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. fall
    verb lose office or power; `The government fell overnight`; `The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. fall
    verb die, as in battle or in a hunt; `Many soldiers fell at Verdun`; `Several deer have fallen to the same gun`; `The shooting victim fell dead`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. fall
    noun when a wrestler`s shoulders are forced to the mat
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. fall
    noun a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; `the fall of the House of Hapsburg`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. fall
    verb come under, be classified or included; `fall into a category`; `This comes under a new heading`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. fall
    strike verb touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; `Light fell on her face`; `The sun shone on the fields`; `The light struck the golden necklace`; `A strange sound struck my ears`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. fall
    verb fall or flow in a certain way; `This dress hangs well`; `Her long black hair flowed down her back`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. Fall
    • (v. t.) To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean. • (v. t.) To diminish; to lessen or lower. • (v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows. • (n.) The...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. fall
    (from the article `freestyle wrestling`) The bout is supervised by a referee on the mat, a mat chairman, a judge, and a timekeeper. A fall is awarded when one contestant holds both of his ... ...as did all Greek athletes, competed naked. Wrestling was part of the Olympic Games from 776 . There were two wrestling championships in these ....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/5

  20. fall
    (from the article `landslide`) Earth materials can become detached from a steep slope without significant shearing, fall freely under gravity, and land on a surface from which they ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/5

  21. Fall
    Fall is Dorset slang for autumn.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. Fall
    Fall is Dorset slang for autumn.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Fall
    Season between summer and winter. Astronomically it is the period from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  24. Fall
    A mass of roof rock or coal which has fallen in any part of a mine.
    Found on http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.ht

  25. fall
    • a sudden drop from an upright position
    • the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
    • a downward slope
    • a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
    • a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
    • a movement downward
    • the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions)
    • the time of day immediately following sunset
    • when a wrestler's ...
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