Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually |
Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect |
Fall (v. t.) To find a final outlet |
Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead |
Fall (v. t.) To cease to be active or strong |
Fall (v. t.) To issue forth into life |
Fall (v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance |
Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured |
Fall (v. t.) To descend in character or reputation |
Fall (v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed |
Fall (v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment |
Fall (v. t.) To sink |
Fall (v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind |
Fall (v. t.) To happen |
Fall (v. t.) To come |
Fall (v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence |
Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise |
Fall (v. t.) To belong or appertain. |
Fall (v. t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly |
Fall (v. t.) To let fall |
Fall (v. t.) To sink |
Fall (v. t.) To diminish |
Fall (v. t.) To bring forth |
Fall (v. t.) To fell |
Fall (n.) The act of falling |
Fall (n.) The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture |
Fall (n.) Death |
Fall (n.) Downfall |
Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town |
Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value |
Fall (n.) A sinking of tone |
Fall (n.) Declivity |
Fall (n.) Descent of water |
Fall (n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond |
Fall (n.) Extent of descent |
Fall (n.) The season when leaves fall from trees |
Fall (n.) That which falls |
Fall (n.) The act of felling or cutting down. |
Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy |
Fall (n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck |
Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. |
Law-fall (n.) Depression of the jaw |
Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling |
Slide (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly |
Slide (v. t.) To slip when walking or standing |
Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. |
Slide (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. |
Slide (v. t.) To cause to slide |
slip elusion eluding | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
capitulation fall surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions), they were protected until the capitulation of the fort |
slip slip-up miscue parapraxis | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
Freudian slip | a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals |
faux pas gaffe solecism slip gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act |
spill tumble fall | a sudden drop from an upright position, he had a nasty spill on the ice |
slip sideslip | a flight maneuver, aircraft slides sideways in the air |
slide glide coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill, the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
skid slip sideslip | an unexpected slide |
fall | a lapse into sin, a loss of innocence or of chastity, a fall from virtue |
fall cankerworm | green or brown white-striped looper, larva of Alsophila pometaria |
fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda | larva of a migratory American noctuid moth, destroys grasses and small grains |
fall webworm Hyphantria cunea | a variety of webworm |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
chute slide slideway sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
cover glass cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
fallboard fall-board | the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
noose running noose slip noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot, it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled |
petticoat half-slip underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
slide lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame, viewed with a slide projector |
slide microscope slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
slide playground slide sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide |
slide fastener zip zipper zip fastener | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
slide projector | projector that projects an enlarged image of a slide onto a screen |
slide rule slipstick | analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations, have been replaced by pocket calculators |
slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
slip coach slip carriage | a railway car at the end of the train, it can be detached without stopping the train |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
slip-on | an article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off |
slip ring | connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine, provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts |
slip stitch | a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric, designed to be invisible from the right side |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
slickness slick slipperiness slip | a slippery smoothness, he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
slip of the tongue | an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking |
swoop slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale, the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides |
dismissal dismission pink slip | official notice that you have been fired from your job |
slip trip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall, he blamed his slip on the ice, the jolt caused many slips and a few spills |
drop fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity, it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height |
free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field |
fall | a movement downward, the rise and fall of the tides |
slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
Fall of Man | (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death |
fall downfall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance, the fall of the House of Hapsburg |