n
The falling of weakened branches from trees, typically in autumn
n
(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
v
(intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.
v
(obsolete) To flow down.
n
A falling down or out of place; prolapse.
v
(intransitive) To come off the tracks.
v
(transitive) To lower a light's beam.
v
(Internet slang, humorous) To downvote.
n
Archaic spelling of downfall. [A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.]
v
(of radiation) To penetrate water downward.
v
To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
adj
Ripe enough to be ready to fall from the tree.
n
(chiefly Canada, US, archaic in Britain) 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.
n
A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
adv
While falling; with a falling motion.
n
The rate (velocity) of fall.
n
The period or season of fall or autumn.
n
The process by which something flows downward.
n
Alternative form of freefall [(physics) The state of being in a motion affected by no acceleration (force) other than that provided by gravity.]
n
(by extension) The state of worsening out of control.
adj
(physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
n
The act or process of falling in.
n
A crowding or flooding in.
n
(by extension, humorous) Any journey downwards or fall.
n
A sudden drop in interest.
n
Alternative form of leaffall [(of a plant) The act or process of dropping leaves.]
n
(astronautics, humorous) Deceleration of a falling object due to impact with the ground.
n
A falling on or upon; an attack, onset, or assault.
n
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
n
A violent or dramatic fall.
n
Alternative form of pratfall [A fall onto the buttocks.]
adj
That falls headlong, or causes a headlong fall.
v
(transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
n
(medicine) A falling down; a prolapsus.
v
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
n
Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
v
(transitive) To cause to sink.
n
(countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
n
the result of a slumping movement, like that of a mountain
v
(intransitive) To sink out of sight.
n
Alternative spelling of trickle-down hypothesis [(economics) The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.]
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