Fall

(noun.) a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; 'a fall from virtue'.

(noun.) a movement downward; 'the rise and fall of the tides'.

(noun.) a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; 'the fall of the House of Hapsburg'.

(noun.) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.

(noun.) the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; 'women have been blamed ever since the Fall'.

(noun.) the season when the leaves fall from the trees; 'in the fall of 1973'.

(verb.) pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; 'fall into a trap'; 'She fell ill'; 'They fell out of favor'; 'Fall in love'; 'fall asleep'; 'fall prey to an imposter'; 'fall into a strange way of thinking'; 'she fell to pieces after she lost her work'.

(verb.) occur at a specified time or place; 'Christmas falls on a Monday this year'; 'The accent falls on the first syllable'.

(verb.) be born, used chiefly of lambs; 'The lambs fell in the afternoon'.

(verb.) descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; 'The branch fell from the tree'; 'The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse'.

(verb.) move in a specified direction; 'The line of men fall forward'.

(verb.) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; 'The task fell to me'; 'It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims'.

(verb.) be captured; 'The cities fell to the enemy'.

(verb.) to be given by assignment or distribution; 'The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team'; 'The onus fell on us'; 'The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student'.

(verb.) lose office or power; 'The government fell overnight'; 'The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen'.

(verb.) suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; 'We must stand or fall'; 'fall by the wayside'.

(verb.) yield to temptation or sin; 'Adam and Eve fell'.

(verb.) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; 'Light fell on her face'; 'The sun shone on the fields'; 'The light struck the golden necklace'; 'A strange sound struck my ears'.

(verb.) die, as in battle or in a hunt; 'Many soldiers fell at Verdun'; 'Several deer have fallen to the same gun'; 'The shooting victim fell dead'.

(verb.) be due; 'payments fall on the 1st of the month'.

(verb.) come under, be classified or included; 'fall into a category'; 'This comes under a new heading'.

(verb.) come out; issue; 'silly phrases fell from her mouth'.

(verb.) assume a disappointed or sad expression; 'Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off'; 'his crest fell'.

(verb.) slope downward; 'The hills around here fall towards the ocean'.

(verb.) begin vigorously; 'The prisoners fell to work right away'.

(verb.) to be given by right or inheritance; 'The estate fell to the oldest daughter'.

(verb.) be cast down; 'his eyes fell'.

(verb.) drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; 'She fell back in her chair'; 'He fell to his knees'.

(verb.) go as if by falling; 'Grief fell from our hearts'.

(verb.) lose one's chastity; 'a fallen woman'.

(verb.) lose an upright position suddenly; 'The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table'; 'Her hair fell across her forehead'.

(verb.) come as if by falling; 'Night fell'; 'Silence fell'.

(verb.) be inherited by; 'The estate fell to my sister'; 'The land returned to the family'; 'The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead'.

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• Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Young lady, if my master don't fall out with me, I'll look down by the kiln by and by, where the boy will be most like, and again in the morning! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• For ten days after this repulse the Duke of Brunswick hesitated, and then he began to fall back towards the Rhine. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Indeed Scott did not deem it important to hold anything beyond the Rio Grande, and authorized Taylor to fall back to that line if he chose. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Did the horse fall in Hay Lane? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Listlessness to everything, but brooding sorrow, was the night that fell on my undisciplined heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Livius got out of the carriage, and picked the man up, to ascertain that he was alive, as he fell without uttering a groan. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Chloe's countenance fell. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The attack was made and many shots fell within the fort, creating some consternation, as we now know. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She fell asleep, hoping for some brightness, either internal or external. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But how destroy them so effectually that there should be no second risk of their falling in such hands? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Mr. Spenlow and I falling into this conversation, prolonged it and our saunter to and fro, until we diverged into general topics. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It was very cold indeed, and the open country was white with snow, though none was falling then. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• On another occasion he encountered a more novel peril by falling into the pile of wheat in a grain elevator and being almost smothered. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• As a result of this experiment Galileo declared three laws in relation to falling bodies. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Trusting to herself, she had fallen. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• In the darkness which had now fallen none could tell but that he had really finished me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Having fallen a good deal latterly into the late Sir John's way of always agreeing with my lady, I agreed with her heartily about Rosanna Spearman. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They began to fear that possibly they had fallen upon the wrong crosses, and that the true cross was not with this number at all. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He worked, and worked, and worked, in silence, and words fell on him as they would have fallen on an echoless wall, or on the air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I wish you could know Mr. Clayton; he is the dearest fellow imaginable, and unless I am mistaken he has fallen very much in love with me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Peggotty comes up to make herself useful, and falls to work immediately. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Nine-tenths of them wear nothing on their heads but a filmy sort of veil, which falls down their backs like a white mist. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• All I mean to say is, I shall give myself no particular trouble to catch them; but if one falls in my way---- You'll snap him up, of course. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She falls from the lowermost stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But when it is perceived that each idea signifies the quality of mind expressed in action, the supposed opposition between them falls away. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Finally practice falls of necessity within experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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