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FallFall Fall, n.
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, and had a fall.
3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
They thy fall conspire. --Denham.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --Prov. xvi.
18.
4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or
how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--Dryden.
13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
14. The act of felling or cutting down. ``The fall of
timber.' --Johnson.
15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
Fall herring (Zo["o]l.), a herring of the Atlantic (Clupea
mediocris); -- also called tailor herring, and hickory
shad.
To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak. Fall
Fall Fall, v. t.
1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.]
For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. --Shak.
2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.]
3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.]
Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall
the price of your native commodities. --Locke.
4. To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] --Shak.
5. To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree. [Prov. Eng. &
Local, U.S.]
Meaning of falls from wikipedia
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falls in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Falls may
refer to:
Waterfalls or
rapids Falls,
North Carolina, USA
Falls, West Virginia, USA The ropes...
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Niagara Falls (/naɪˈæɡərə/) is a
group of
three waterfalls at the
southern end of
Niagara Gorge,
spanning the
border between the
province of
Ontario in...
- As
Falls Wichita, So
Falls Wichita Falls is an
album by jazz
guitarist Pat
Metheny and jazz
pianist Lyle Mays
recorded in
September 1980 and released...
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Kalhatti Falls 13°33′N 75°45′E / 13.550°N 75.750°E / 13.550; 75.750
Kalhatti Falls or
Kalhattigiri Falls is a
waterfall on the
headwaters of the river...
- The
Irupu Falls (also
Iruppu Falls) are
located in the
Brahmagiri Range in the
Kodagu district of Karnataka, India,
bordering the
Wayanad district of Kerala...
- 459205°N 75.719668°E / 12.459205; 75.719668
Abbey Falls (also
spelled Abbi
Falls and Abbe
Falls) is a
waterfall in Kodagu, in the
Western Ghats of Karnataka...
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Unchalli Falls, also
known as
Lushington Falls, is a
waterfall created by a 116-metre (381 ft) drop in the
River Aghanashini. The
falls are
located 35 km...
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water in this
falls comes past
limestone rocks near Yana and so the
falls is
called as "Vibhuthi
Falls".
Nearest towns near
Vibhuthi falls are
Sirsi , Kumta...
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Gravity Falls is an
American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex
Hirsch for
Disney Channel and
Disney XD. The
series follows the...
- ****enan
Falls (or
Salto ****enan, ****enaam,
Cuquenan or similar) is the
second tallest major waterfall in
Venezuela after Angel Falls. It is also the second...
