"Fall" is a word in TAGALOG, LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In Scotch law. To lose. To fall from a right is to lose or forfeit it 1 Kames, Eq. 228
Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded;
to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to
apostatize; to sin.
To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded
expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.
The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die
by violence, as in battle.
To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be
worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into
difficulties.
Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically:
The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the
forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.
Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the
water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or
hurry; as, they fell to blows.
Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as,
the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean,
or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state
of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion;
to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or
appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.
Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down
a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the
singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of
gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of
the young of certain animals.
That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall
of snow.
To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty;
-- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.
Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the
fall of the Roman empire.
To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to
descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls;
the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.
To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to
become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight,
value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two
points.
A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the
close of a sentence.
To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution,
inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the
kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent
posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a
tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.
To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to
issue; to terminate.
To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our
spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
The act of felling or cutting down.
To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose
strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.
The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he
was walking on ice, and had a fall.
The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall
of Sebastopol.
To belong or appertain.
fall guy
Definition: Tagalog slang for victim
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To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule.
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
To let fall; to drop.
To come; to occur; to arrive.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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abaa particle indicating disapproval (literary). Abaa! Mahg ka gánì dihà! Stop that! You might fall!
Read the complete definitionabanti a {1} forward, ahead. Abanti ka rang milingkud, You took a seat too far to the front. {2} ahead …
Read the complete definitionTo be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
Read the complete definitionabáyan - Liable to fall under a spell by which a benefit is changed into its opposite evil. Indì mo …
Read the complete definitionn. hole, opening, leak, puncture, crevice. v. /MANG-:-AN/ to put or make a hole on, to puncture. Abutam ta niog …
Read the complete definitionThe act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves …
Read the complete definitionThose fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness …
Read the complete definitionA period of time recognized by the English common and ecclesiastical law, beginning on the Sunday that falls el-ther upon …
Read the complete definitionLat Fortuitous; incidental; that which comes from an unus-ual source. Adventitia bona are goods whlch fall to a man otherwise …
Read the complete definitionLat. To fall; fall ln; come to hand; happen. Judgment is sometimes given against an executor or administrator to be …
Read the complete definitionA. speculation on the rise and fall of the public debt of states, or the public funds. The speculator is …
Read the complete definitionagúd - That, in order that, so that; agúd índì or agúd dílì—lest, in order that not. Magtoón kamó, agúd …
Read the complete definitionalabúton - One subject to periodical fits, especially said of idiots, maniacs, lunatics with lucid intervals of some duration, but …
Read the complete definitionalagílang - (H) Old, yellow leaves, attached still to the plant, but about to fall off; old, withered, dry, sear, …
Read the complete definitionaláng-alangánon - Untimely, inopportune, inconvenient, premature; remiss, slack, negligent, careless, falling short of what is required. (cf. alángálang, alangón).
Read the complete definitionWhiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon …
Read the complete definitionTo form in line; to fall into line.
Read the complete definitionalimúkaw n {1} state of semiconsciousness just before falling asleep or awakening. Ang íyang gisulti búnga lang sa íyang al-imúkaw, …
Read the complete definitionalipátpat - To drop asleep, to fall asleep unintentionally, to fall into a reverie when in company, to lose by …
Read the complete definitionThat which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or …
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