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val — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • net noun A mesh of woven cord, string, or rope used for catching or trapping things, or as a barrier.
  • snare noun A trap, often a wire loop, used to catch animals.
  • trap noun A device designed to catch or kill an animal.

Senses

val is used for these senses in English:

  • drop An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
  • fall The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
  • fall (chiefly, North America, 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. [from 16th c.]
  • fall A loss of greatness or status.
  • halyard (nautical) A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.
  • net (by extension) A trap.
  • snare A mental or psychological trap.

drop — full definition

  1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
  2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
  3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
  4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

fall — full definition

  1. verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  2. verb To decrease in amount, level, or intensity.
  3. verb To be defeated, collapse, or come to an end (of a government, city, or empire).
  4. verb To happen or occur on a particular date.
  5. noun Autumn; the season between summer and winter.

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