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noun
- The act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity to a lower position.
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(chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere; from the falling of leaves during this season) autumn, Autumn.
- A loss of greatness or status; as, the fall of Rome.
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(cricket) (of a wicket) The act of a batsman being out.
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(In plural only: falls) A waterfall.
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(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown in an area to drift in a given direction
verb (falls, falling, fell or (sense 7 only) (archaic) felled, fallen or (sense 7 ony) (archaic) felled)
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(intransitive) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
- to come down, to drop or descend
The rain fell at dawn.
- to come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
- to be brought to the ground; to collapse, to be overthrown or defeated; to die
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
- to be allotted to; to come to through chance or fate
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
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(transitive) (followed by an adjective) To become; to change into the state described by the adjective that follows.
She has fallen ill.
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Usage note: Now only used in certain set phrases and expressions (see "Derived terms" below).
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(transitive) (archaic) To cause something to fall (4); especially to cause a tree to fall (4) by cutting it down.
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- A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
- An electrical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock"s tail.
verb (fan, n, ing)
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(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
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(intransitive) (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
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- A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
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noun- A low, flat mass of floating ice.
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(alternative spelling of, floodplain)
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noun- An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.
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(music) One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief).
verb (frets, fretting, fretted or , fretted or fretten(usually in compounds))
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(context, transitive, obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume.
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(transitive, and, intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away.
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(transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
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(intransitive) To worry or be anxious.
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