Fall (Noun)
Meaning 1
The season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 2
A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue".
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Meaning 3
A sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice".
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Meaning 4
The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 5
A downward slope or bend.
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 6
A movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides".
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Meaning 7
When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 8
A sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg".
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Meaning 9
The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort".
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Meaning 10
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 11
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height".
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Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 12
The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.