Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fall | Yes | No | Yes | No |
slip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fall (noun) | slip (noun) |
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a sudden drop from an upright position | a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air |
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | a socially awkward or tactless act |
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) |
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity | an unexpected slide |
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow |
a movement downward | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
a downward slope or bend | a small sheet of paper |
the season when the leaves fall from the trees | a slippery smoothness |
the time of day immediately following sunset | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall |
a place where a craft can be made fast | |
a young and slender person | |
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | |
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics |
fall (verb) | slip (verb) |
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occur at a specified time or place | fall to a lower standard |
decrease in size, extent, or range | move out of position |
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind | insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly |
be born, used chiefly of lambs | to make a mistake or be incorrect |
come out; issue | pass out of one's memory |
assume a disappointed or sad expression | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner |
begin vigorously | move stealthily |
come as if by falling | move easily |
be cast down | move smoothly and easily |
go as if by falling | cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion |
fall or flow in a certain way | pass on stealthily |
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | |
move in a specified direction | |
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity | |
slope downward | |
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position | |
lose an upright position suddenly | |
to be given by assignment or distribution | |
be captured | |
fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed | |
come into the possession of | |
to be given by right or inheritance | |
be inherited by | |
lose office or power | |
yield to temptation or sin | |
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin | |
lose one's chastity | |
die, as in battle or in a hunt | |
be due | |
come under, be classified or included | |
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | |
fall from clouds |