fall Définition - Anglais Dictionnaire | fall Explications et Prononciations

A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

(chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere, from the falling of leaves during this season) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.

(sports) A crucial event or circumstance.

Female patients with localized hair loss on the top of scalp could select a fall or a demiwig to camouflage crown and anterior scalp loss.

INF (US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.

The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

(heading) VI To move downwards.
1. Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground. ‎
2. The rain fell at dawn. ‎
3. He fell to the floor and begged for mercy. ‎

She has fallen ill. The children fell asleep in the back of the car. When did you first fall in love? ‎
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday. Last year, Commencement fell on June 3. ‎
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD. ‎
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War. ‎
The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal. ‎
Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal. ‎

And so it falls to me to make this important decision. The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals. ‎

VT OBS To diminish; to lessen or lower.

VT OBS To bring forth.

VI OBS To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.

To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.

To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).

To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.

Plus d'exemples

Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- Inexperienced teachers sometimes fall prey to fears that they do not know enough.
- Ten figures of eight cut in five minutes -- ice broken -- dreadful catastrophe -- a score of skaiters fell in -- Humane Society called out -- Drags and dragsmen in full cry.
- The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.
Utilisé au début de la phrase
- Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- These sterigmata are retained and make the twigs rough for several years after leaf fall.
- If Daklan had drawn the sword from his flesh then there would be more blood than he could have stanched, but Daklan was now stumbling away, loose-handed, then falling.

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