All related terms of 'falls'

If someone or something falls , they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force.

to descend by the force of gravity from a higher to a lower place

Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees.

a man's large flat collar , often lace-trimmed, worn during the 17th century

a waterfall in SE Venezuela , on the Caron í River; regarded as the highest in the world . Height : 979 m (3212 ft)

→ Churchill Falls

city in WC Mont., on the Missouri River : pop. 57,000

city in SE S. Dak .: pop. 124,000

a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo , on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)

a waterfall on the border between Brazil and Argentina , on the Iguaçú River: divided into hundreds of separate falls by forested rocky islands. Width : about 4 km (2.5 miles). Height: 82 m (269 ft)

an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika , on the Zambia-Tanzania border , that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b. p . and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic , or Acheulean, humans

the falls of the Niagara River , on the border between the US and Canada between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario : divided by Goat Island into the American Falls, 50 m (167 ft) high and approximately 300 m (985 ft) wide , and the Horseshoe or Canadian Falls, 47 m (158 ft) high and by some estimates well over 800 m (2625 ft) wide

series of seven cataracts of the upper Congo River, just south of Kisangani

city in NC Tex.: pop. 104,000

a waterfall in E Canada , in SW Labrador on the Churchill River: site of one of the largest hydroelectric power projects in the world. Height : 75 m (245 ft)

rapids on the lower Victoria Nile , about 35 km (22 miles) east of Lake Albert , where the Nile drops 120 m (400 ft)

a waterfall in Guyana , on the Potaro River . Height : 226 m (741 ft). Width : about 107 m (350 ft)

rapids on the lower Victoria Nile , about 35 km (22 miles) east of Lake Albert , where the Nile drops 120 m (400 ft)

a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick , Canada , the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force of an incoming tide

waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida .: c. 200 ft (61 m )

a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia , on the Zambezi River. Height : about 108 m (355 ft). Width : about 1400 m (4500 ft)

a series of waterfalls in central California , in the Yosemite National Park , with a total drop of 770 m (2525 ft): includes the Upper Yosemite Falls , 436 m (1430 ft) high , and the Lower Yosemite Falls, 98 m (320 ft) high

waterfall in WC Wash ., on a river ( Snoqualmie ) that flows west out of the Cascade Range : 270 ft (82 m)

a waterfall in New Zealand , on SW South Island. Height : 580 m (1904 ft)

a waterfall in NW Wyoming , in Yellowstone National Park on the Yellowstone River

If a roof or ceiling falls in , it collapses and falls to the ground.

If you fall on something when it arrives or appears, you eagerly seize it or welcome it.

If a responsibility , duty , or opportunity falls to someone, it becomes their responsibility, duty, or opportunity.

If something falls away from the thing it is attached to, it breaks off.

If you fall back , you move backwards a short distance away from someone or something.

If an argument, organization, or person falls down on a particular point, they are weak or unsatisfactory on that point.

If you fall for someone, you are strongly attracted to them and start loving them.

If you fall into conversation or a discussion with someone, usually someone you have just met , you start having a conversation or discussion with them.

If something falls off , it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves towards the ground.

If something such as a person's hair or a tooth falls out , it comes out.

If a person or object that is standing falls over , they accidentally move from their upright position so that they are then lying on the ground or on the surface supporting them.

the minimum charge for hiring a taxi , to which the rate per kilometre is added

If the value or price of something goes into free fall , it starts to fall uncontrollably.

a fall of loose rocks

a section of Yosemite Falls in central California , in the Yosemite National Park , that is 98 m (320 ft) high

a section of Yosemite Falls in central California , in the Yosemite National Park that is 436 m (1430 ft) high

If you say that people are falling about , you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.

to enter the company of (a group of people), esp by chance

If something falls apart , it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made.

If you fall behind , you do not make progress or move forward as fast as other people.

If an arrangement , plan , or deal falls through , it fails to happen .

three ship canals (two U.S., one Canadian ) bypassing a rapids of the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie

If you fall back on something, you do it or use it after other things have failed .

If you fall in with an idea, plan , or system, you accept it and do not try to change it.

Fallout is the radiation that affects a particular place or area after a nuclear explosion has taken place.