Fall

1. n. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
2. v. t. 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.
3. v. t. 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.
4. v. t. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; — with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.
5. v. t. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.
6. v. t. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.
7. v. t. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; — said of the young of certain animals.
8. v. t. 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.
9. v. t. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
10. v. t. 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.
11. 1n. 1 That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
12. 1v. t. 1 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.