fall

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fall
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Meanings
verb
  • move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.
    E.g. five inches of snow fell through the night
  • (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse.
    E.g. he stumbled, tripped, and fell
  • decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality.
    E.g. imports fell by 12 per cent
  • be captured or defeated.
    E.g. the besieged city fell after three months
  • pass into a specified state, situation, or position.
    E.g. she fell pregnant
noun
  • an act of falling or collapsing.
    E.g. his mother had a fall as she alighted from a train
  • a thing which falls or has fallen.
    E.g. in October came the first fall of snow
  • a decrease in size, number, rate, or level.
    E.g. a big fall in unemployment
  • a defeat or downfall.
  • autumn.
    E.g. that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term
  • a flock of woodcock.
    E.g. there is a fall of woodcock in the round wood above the dell

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