Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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loss | Yes | No | No | No |
fall | Yes | No | Yes | No |
loss (noun) | fall (noun) |
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the act of losing someone or something | a sudden drop from an upright position |
the disadvantage that results from losing something | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) |
military personnel lost by death or capture | a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity |
the experience of losing a loved one | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity |
euphemistic expressions for death | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity |
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance |
something that is lost | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat |
gradual decline in amount or activity | a movement downward |
a downward slope or bend | |
the season when the leaves fall from the trees | |
the time of day immediately following sunset |
loss (verb) | fall (verb) |
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occur at a specified time or place | |
decrease in size, extent, or range | |
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind | |
be born, used chiefly of lambs | |
come out; issue | |
assume a disappointed or sad expression | |
begin vigorously | |
come as if by falling | |
be cast down | |
go as if by falling | |
fall or flow in a certain way | |
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 |