fall

  • 11fall — [n1] descent; lowering abatement, belly flop*, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header*, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive*, plummet, plunge, pratfall*,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 12fall in — {v.} 1. To go and stand properly in a row like soldiers. * /The captain told his men to fall in./ Contrast: FALL OUT(3). 2. to collapse. * /The explosion caused the walls of the house to fall in./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 13fall in — {v.} 1. To go and stand properly in a row like soldiers. * /The captain told his men to fall in./ Contrast: FALL OUT(3). 2. to collapse. * /The explosion caused the walls of the house to fall in./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14Fall [2] — Fall (in anderer Bedeutung), 1) (Wasserb.), so v.w. Gefälle; 2) so v.w. Aufziehschütze; 3) (Bergb.). in Flötzen Klüfte od. Nieren, welche Einfluß auf die Beschaffenheit u. die Richtung des Ganges haben; 4) (Salzwerk), das Durchgehen der Sohle… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 15fall — and autumn are used on both sides of the Atlantic as the name for the third season of the year, although in everyday use autumn is standard in BrE and fall in AmE. Fall is a shortening of the phrase fall of the year or fall of the leaf, and was… …

    Modern English usage

  • 16Fall — (Aminata Sow). V. Sow Fall (Aminata). Fall (Malick) (1920 1978) écrivain sénégalais: Reliefs (poèmes, 1964), la Plaie (1967), roman de critique sociale. Fall (Marouba) (né en 1950) écrivain sénégalais. Il écrit surtout pour le théâtre: Chaka ou… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 17Fall — Sm std. (8. Jh.), mhd. val, ahd. fal, as. fal Stammwort. Aus vd. * falla m. Fall (in anderen germanischen Sprachen andere Stammbildungen). Zunächst Abstraktum zu fallen; später Rechtsangelegenheit u.a.; l. cāsus (mit entsprechender… …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 18Fall — [Basiswortschatz (Rating 1 1500)] Auch: • Sturz Bsp.: • Sie ist gestürzt. • Das ist ein anderer Fall. • Notfalls habe ich einen Regenschirm dabei. • Ihr Fall kam vor Gericht. • …

    Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • 19fall in — or[into place] {v. phr.} To suddenly make sense; find the natural or proper place for the missing pieces of a puzzle. * /When the detectives realized that a second man was seen at the place of the murder, the pieces of the puzzle began to fall… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 20fall in — or[into place] {v. phr.} To suddenly make sense; find the natural or proper place for the missing pieces of a puzzle. * /When the detectives realized that a second man was seen at the place of the murder, the pieces of the puzzle began to fall… …

    Dictionary of American idioms