fall

  • 91fall —    1. a traditional unit of distance equal to 6 ells.    The fall was used in land measurement somewhat like the rod1. Measurements in rods were often made with an actual wood pole, while measurements in falls were often made with a rope 6 ells… …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 92fall to — intransitive verb : to set about doing something especially actively: as a. : to begin to fight b. : to begin to eat fell to as soon as dinner was served * * * fall to 1. To begin hastily and eagerly 2. To apply oneself to …

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  • 93fall —     a) A category of mass movement processes, associated sediments (fall deposit), or resultant landforms (e.g., rockfall, debris fall, soil fall) characterized by very rapid movement of a mass of rock or earth that travels mostly through the air …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 94fall — /fɔ:l/ noun a sudden drop or loss of value ● a fall in the exchange rate ● a fall in the price of gold ● a fall on the Stock Exchange ● Profits showed a 10% fall. ■ verb 1. to drop suddenly to a lower price ● Shares fell on the market today. ●… …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 95fall — /fɔ:l/ noun a sudden reduction or loss of value ● a fall in the exchange rate ● a fall in the price of gold ● a fall on the Stock Exchange ● Profits showed a 10% fall. ■ verb 1. to be reduced suddenly to a lower price or value ● Shares fell on… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 96fall — 1. verb /fɔːl,fɔl,fɑl/ a) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground. b) To come down, to drop or descend. The rain fell at dawn …

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  • 97fall in — v. (d; intr.) to fall in with (to fall in with the wrong crowd) * * * [ fɔːl ɪn] (d; intr.) to fall in with (to fall in with the wrong crowd) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 98fall — [OE] The verb fall comes from prehistoric Germanic *fallan, which also produced German fallen, Dutch vallen, and Swedish falla. The noun is partly a survival of Old English feall, partly a borrowing from the related Old Norse fall, but probably… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 99fall to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms fall to : present tense I/you/we/they fall to he/she/it falls to present participle falling to past tense fell to past participle fallen to formal fall to someone if a particular job or duty falls to someone,… …

    English dictionary

  • 100Fall — der Fall, e 1. Was würden Sie in diesem Fall tun? 2. Rufen Sie auf jeden Fall vorher noch einmal an. 3. Für den Fall, dass meine Mutter aus dem Krankenhaus kommt, bleibe ich zu Hause …

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