Definition of fall

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Fall (n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence..

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Align :: Align (v. t.) To form in line; to fall into line.
Grade :: Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264..
Pippin :: Pippin (n.) A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin..
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube..
Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse..
Curvet :: Curvet (n.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once..
Defoliation :: Defoliation (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
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.
Throw :: Throw (n.) A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw..
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall..
Landfall :: Landfall (n.) A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
Inequality :: Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc..
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground..
Ancile :: Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome..
Pounce :: Pounce (v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively..
Drop :: Drop (n.) Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something.
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Rain :: Rain (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes..
Tidal :: Tidal (a.) Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters..
Lob :: Lob (v. t.) To let fall heavily or lazily.
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