v
(intransitive) To descend like an avalanche.
n
A fall of water, usually lesser in size, near to or beside a larger, more predominant waterfall.
n
(figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
n
Obsolete form of cascade. [A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.]
n
(ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
n
Alternative spelling of dewfall [The forming of dew.]
adj
That has died by drowning.
adj
(UK, dialect) Of rain: pouring straight down.
n
(historical) A summertime event held in Yosemite National Park from 1872 to 1968, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point to the valley below, giving the appearance of a glowing waterfall.
n
Alternative form of food fall [(marine biology) An event in which organic matter in the ocean sinks to the seafloor.]
n
(rare, literally or figuratively) A waterfall or cascading torrent.
v
(impersonal) Of hail, to fall from the sky.
n
(meteorology) The amount of hail that falls on one occasion.
adj
(obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else.
v
(intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
n
(rare) A waterfall that falls in the form of fine mist.
n
A violent or dramatic fall.
v
(transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
n
A place that absorbs resources or energy.
n
Movement of earth on a slope, a landslip.
n
The fall of loose stones from a natural surface.
n
The act of a tree falling, or the extent to which this occurs in a given region.
v
(intransitive) To fall like a waterfall.
adj
Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn or damaged by exposure to the weather or the outdoors, especially to severe weather.
v
To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.
n
(sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
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