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fall
English
- 🔊 a lapse into sin“a fall from virtue”
- 🔊 a movement downward“the rise and fall of the tides”
- 🔊 a sudden decline in strength or number or importance“the fall of the House of Hapsburg”
- 🔊 when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- 🔊 the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve“women have been blamed ever since the Fall”
- 🔊 the season when the leaves fall from the trees“in the fall of 1973”
- 🔊 the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)“they were protected until the capitulation of the fort”
- 🔊 a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity“it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height”
- 🔊 a sudden drop from an upright position“he had a nasty spill on the ice”
- 🔊 a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity“a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index”
- 🔊 a downward slope or bend
- 🔊 the time of day immediately following sunset“he loved the twilight”
- 🔊 pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind“fall into a trap”
- 🔊 come as if by falling“Night fell”
- 🔊 go as if by falling“Grief fell from our hearts”
- 🔊 occur at a specified time or place“Christmas falls on a Monday this year”
- 🔊 begin vigorously“The prisoners fell to work right away”
- 🔊 be born, used chiefly of lambs“The lambs fell in the afternoon”
- 🔊 come out“silly phrases fell from her mouth”
- 🔊 be cast down“his eyes fell”
- 🔊 assume a disappointed or sad expression“Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off”
- 🔊 descend in free fall under the influence of gravity“The branch fell from the tree”
- 🔊 drop oneself to a lower or less erect position“She fell back in her chair”
- 🔊 lose an upright position suddenly“The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table”
- 🔊 slope downward“The hills around here fall towards the ocean”
- 🔊 move in a specified direction“The line of men fall forward”
- 🔊 be inherited by“The estate fell to my sister”
- 🔊 fall to somebody by assignment or lot“The task fell to me”
- 🔊 be captured“The cities fell to the enemy”
- 🔊 to be given by assignment or distribution“The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team”
- 🔊 to be given by right or inheritance“The estate fell to the oldest daughter”
- 🔊 lose office or power“The government fell overnight”
- 🔊 suffer defeat, failure, or ruin“We must stand or fall”
- 🔊 yield to temptation or sin“Adam and Eve fell”
- 🔊 lose one's chastity“a fallen woman”
- 🔊 touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly“Light fell on her face”
- 🔊 die, as in battle or in a hunt“Many soldiers fell at Verdun”
- 🔊 be due“payments fall on the 1st of the month”
- 🔊 come under, be classified or included“fall into a category”
- 🔊 fall or flow in a certain way“This dress hangs well”
Spanish
- 🔊 cuerazo fall
- 🔊 tumbar to fall
- 🔊 dejar caer to fall, to drop, to plop
- 🔊 naufragar fall, go down (to be defeated)
- 🔊 caer to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated)