English Dictionary

fall

IPA（発音記号）

/fɔːl/

名詞

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The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. / A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

日本語の意味

落下、落ちる行為。重力の影響で下方に移動する現象を指します。 / 減少、低下。量や音程などが低くなることを意味します。

The sudden fall of the apple surprised the children.

リンゴの突然の落下に子供たちは驚いた。

意味（1）

The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

意味（2）

A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.

“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.

意味（3）

(chiefly Canada, US, archaic in Britain) 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.

A friend has pointed out to me the following remark on this word: In North America the season in which this [the fall of the leaf] takes place, derives its name from that circumstance, and instead of autumn is universally called the fall. [brackets in original]

意味（4）

A loss of greatness or status.

the fall of Rome

意味（5）

That which falls or cascades.

A fall of hair tumbled down one side of her body like a veil.

意味（6）

(cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.

意味（7）

(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.

意味（8）

(wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.

意味（9）

A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.

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.

意味（10）

(informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.

He set up his rival to take the fall.

意味（11）

The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).

Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.

意味（12）

An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.

意味（13）

A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.

Brooks fitted a new fall to his whip.

意味（14）

The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard

falls （ plural ）