Definition of fall

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Fall (n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.

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Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong..
Dribble :: Dribble (v. i.) To fall weakly and slowly.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Chapfallen :: Chapfallen (a.) Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen..
Sophister :: Sophister (v. t.) To maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument..
Windfall :: Windfall (n.) An unexpected legacy, or other gain..
Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..
Catfall :: Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
Cadent :: Cadent (a.) Falling.
Fortune :: Fortune (n.) That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune..
Stulm :: Stull (n.) A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones..
Drop :: Drop (n.) The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water..
Dewy :: Dewy (a.) Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..
Case :: Case (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes..
Assort :: Assort (v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
Ticklish :: Ticklish (a.) Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows..
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