Results for fall

Definitions of fall:

part of speech: past participle

Fallen.

part of speech: noun

The act of dropping or coming down from a higher to a lower; a tumble; ruin; apostasy; decrease of price or value; a rush of water down a steep place; autumn.

part of speech: verb

To drop or come down from a higher to a lower; to descend; to depart from the faith; to perish; to decrease in price or value; to flow into, as a river; to sink; to come in or upon; to forsake; to happen.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the autumn.

part of speech: noun

A short veil worn over the bonnet by females; a veil.

part of speech: noun

The act of dropping from a higher to a lower place; distance through which anything drops; overthrow; ruin; death; waterfall; cataract; decrease in value; autumn.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To drop down; to descend by the force of gravity; to become prostrate; ( of a river) to discharge itself; to sink as if dead; to vanish; to die away; to lose strength; to decline in power, wealth, value, or reputation; to sink into sin; to depart from the faith; to become dejected; to issue; to enter upon with haste or vehemence; to rush; - pr. p. falling; pa. t. fell; pa. p. fallen.

part of speech: present participle

Falling.

part of speech: noun

A waterfall.

part of speech: past tense

Fell.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To drop from a higher to a lower place; drop from an erect position; descend; sink; perish; be degraded or disgraced; befall or happen; as, night falls; become the property of; as, the estate falls to him.

part of speech: noun

The act of falling, in any of its senses; descent by gravity; a dropping down; overthrow; death; descent from a better to a worse position; slope or declivity; descent of water; a cascade- though in this sense the plural is used, as Niagara Falls, Falls of St. Anthony, etc.; length of a fall; outlet of a river; decrease in value; a sinking of the voice; the time when the leaves fall, autumn; that which falls; a lapse into sin, especially that of Adam and Eve, called THE FALL: - pl. ( Apocrypha) death, overthrow.

Usage examples for fall:

• Uncle Tom seemed to look straight at Alfred as he let fall the words. "Watch Yourself Go By", Al. G. Field

• I fall in love. "The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers", Mary Cholmondeley

• But I will be in the fall they can't make me come back then, can they? "Nobody's Child", Elizabeth Dejeans

• Thayer's new this Fall "Left Tackle Thayer", Ralph Henry Barbour