Results for fall

Definition of fall:

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To descend by force of gravity; decline; sink; abandon virtue, faith, & c.; happen; rush.

• part of speech: (noun)

  A short veil worn over the bonnet by females; a veil.

• part of speech: (noun)

  Act of failing; descent; decline in value; autumn; a cascade; lapse from innocence, & c.

• part of speech: (noun)

  The act of dropping or coming down from a higher to a lower; a tumble; ruin; apostasy; decrease of price or value; a rush of water down a steep place; autumn.

• part of speech: (verb transitive)

  To be wanting to; disappoint.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To drop or come down from a higher to a lower; to descend; to depart from the faith; to perish; to decrease in price or value; to flow into, as a river; to sink; to come in or upon; to forsake; to happen.

Usage examples for fall:

“ As for Sprague, I had prepared for his fall ” The Man Who Rose Again, - Joseph Hocking.

“ No, but my thinking that I fall ” The Saint's Tragedy, - Charles Kingsley.