Fallnoun
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Fallnoun
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
Fallnoun
The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
Fallnoun
A loss of greatness or status.
Fallnoun
That which falls or cascades.
Fallnoun
(sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
Fallnoun
The action of a batsman being out.
Fallnoun
(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
Fallnoun
(wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
Fallnoun
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Fallnoun
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
Fallnoun
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
Fallnoun
See falls
Fallnoun
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
Fallnoun
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
Fallverb
To move downwards.
Fallverb
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
Fallverb
To come down, to drop or descend.
Fallverb
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
Fallverb
To be brought to the ground.
Fallverb
(transitive) To be moved downwards.
Fallverb
(obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
Fallverb
(obsolete) To sink; to depress.
Fallverb
To fell; to cut down.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
Fallverb
(copulative) To become.
Fallverb
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
Fallverb
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
Fallverb
(followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively Usage notes]] below.
Fallverb
(transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
Fallverb
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Fallverb
To bring forth.
Fallverb
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
Fallverb
(intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
Fallverb
(intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
Fallverb
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.
Fallverb
To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.
Fallverb
To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; - with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.
Fallverb
To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.
Fallverb
To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.
Fallverb
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; - said of the young of certain animals.
Fallverb
To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the price falls; stocks fell two points.
Fallverb
To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
Fallverb
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.
Fallverb
To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.
Fallverb
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; - said of the countenance.
Fallverb
To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
Fallverb
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
Fallverb
To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
Fallverb
To come; to occur; to arrive.
Fallverb
To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
Fallverb
To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
Fallverb
To belong or appertain.
Fallverb
To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.
Fallverb
To let fall; to drop.
Fallverb
To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
Fallverb
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Fallverb
To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
Fallverb
To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
Fallnoun
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.
Fallnoun
The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
Fallnoun
Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
Fallnoun
Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
Fallnoun
The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.
Fallnoun
Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
Fallnoun
A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.
Fallnoun
Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
Fallnoun
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.
Fallnoun
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.
Fallnoun
Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
Fallnoun
The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
Fallnoun
That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
Fallnoun
The act of felling or cutting down.
Fallnoun
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.
Fallnoun
Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.
Fallnoun
That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
Fallnoun
the season when the leaves fall from the trees;
Fallnoun
a sudden drop from an upright position;
Fallnoun
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve;
Fallnoun
a downward slope or bend
Fallnoun
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity;
Fallnoun
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
Fallnoun
a movement downward;
Fallnoun
the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
Fallnoun
the time of day immediately following sunset;
Fallnoun
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Fallnoun
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
Fallnoun
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
Fallverb
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity;
Fallverb
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
Fallverb
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;
Fallverb
come under, be classified or included;
Fallverb
fall from clouds;
Fallverb
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin;
Fallverb
decrease in size, extent, or range;
Fallverb
die, as in battle or in a hunt;
Fallverb
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
Fallverb
be captured;
Fallverb
occur at a specified time or place;
Fallverb
yield to temptation or sin;
Fallverb
lose office or power;
Fallverb
to be given by assignment or distribution;
Fallverb
move in a specified direction;
Fallverb
be due;
Fallverb
lose one's chastity;
Fallverb
to be given by right or inheritance;
Fallverb
come into the possession of;
Fallverb
fall to somebody by assignment or lot;
Fallverb
be inherited by;
Fallverb
slope downward;
Fallverb
lose an upright position suddenly;
Fallverb
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position;
Fallverb
fall or flow in a certain way;
Fallverb
assume a disappointed or sad expression;
Fallverb
be cast down;
Fallverb
come out; issue;
Fallverb
be born, used chiefly of lambs;
Fallverb
begin vigorously;
Fallverb
go as if by falling;
Fallverb
come as if by falling;
Fallverb
move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control
Fallverb
become detached and drop to the ground
Fallverb
hang down
Fallverb
(of land) slope downwards
Fallverb
(of a river) flow or discharge itself into
Fallverb
(of someone's eyes or glance) be directed downwards
Fallverb
(of someone's face) show dismay or disappointment by appearing to droop
Fallverb
(of a person) lose one's balance and collapse
Fallverb
throw oneself to the ground
Fallverb
(of a tree or structure) collapse to the ground
Fallverb
(of computer hardware or software) stop working suddenly; crash
Fallverb
decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
Fallverb
(of a measuring instrument) show a lower reading
Fallverb
(in sport) play less well
Fallverb
be captured or defeated
Fallverb
(of a wicket) be taken by the bowling side
Fallverb
die in battle
Fallverb
(of a government or leader) lose office or be overthrown.
Fallverb
yield to temptation
Fallverb
pass into a specified state, situation, or position
Fallverb
occur or take place
Fallverb
begin to do something
Fallverb
be drawn accidentally into
Fallverb
be classified in the way specified
Fallnoun
an act of falling or collapsing
Fallnoun
a controlled act of falling, especially as a stunt or in martial arts
Fallnoun
a move which pins the opponent's shoulders on the ground for a count of three.
Fallnoun
a downward difference in height between parts of a surface
Fallnoun
a thing which falls or has fallen
Fallnoun
a sudden onset or arrival
Fallnoun
a waterfall or cascade
Fallnoun
a downward turn in a melody
Fallnoun
the way in which something falls or hangs
Fallnoun
the parts or petals of a flower which bend downwards, especially the outer perianth segments of an iris.
Fallnoun
a decrease in size, number, rate, or level
Fallnoun
a defeat or downfall
Fallnoun
a person's moral decline.
Fallnoun
the lapse of humankind into a state of sin, ascribed in traditional Jewish and Christian theology to the disobedience of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis.
Fallnoun
autumn
Fallnoun
a flock of woodcock
Guynoun
(British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
Guynoun
(dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
Guynoun
(colloquial) A man, fellow.
Guynoun
A person see usage notes.
Guynoun
Thing, creature.
Guynoun
Thing, unit.
Guynoun
Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
Guynoun
A guide; a leader or conductor.
Guynoun
A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
Guynoun
A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).
Guyverb
(intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
Guyverb
(transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
Guyverb
To play in a comedic manner.
Guyverb
To equip with a support cable.
Guynoun
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
Guynoun
A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
Guynoun
A person of queer looks or dress.
Guynoun
A man or young man; a fellow; - usually contrasted with gals or girls as, it was fun for both the guys and gals; the guys were watching football while the girls played bridge.
Guynoun
A member of a group of either sex, usually a friend or comrade; - usually used in the pl.; as, tell the guys to come inside; are any of you guys interested in a game of tennis?.
Guyverb
To steady or guide with a guy.
Guyverb
To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
Guynoun
an informal term for a youth or man;
Guynoun
an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
Guynoun
a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
Guyverb
subject to laughter or ridicule;
Guyverb
steady or support with with a guy wire or cable;
Guynoun
a man
Guynoun
people of either sex
Guynoun
a figure representing Guy Fawkes, burnt on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night, and often displayed by children begging for money for fireworks.
Guynoun
a rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent or other structure.
Guyverb
make fun of; ridicule
Guyverb
secure with a guy or guys