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fäll — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • case noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • event noun Something that happens, especially something notable.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • fell verb To cut something down, especially a tree, or to knock someone or something to the ground.
  • hem noun The folded and stitched edge of a piece of clothing or fabric, meant to stop it from fraying.
  • instance noun A particular example or occurrence of something.
  • pelt noun The skin of an animal, especially with the fur or hair still attached.

Senses

fäll is used for these senses in English:

  • case An actual event, situation, or fact.
  • case (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  • case (legal) A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
  • drop An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
  • event (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
  • 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.]
  • fell An animal skin, hide, pelt.
  • halyard (nautical) A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.

case — full definition

  1. noun A particular situation, instance, or set of facts.
  2. noun A matter under legal, medical, or professional investigation.
  3. noun A container, box, or covering designed to hold or protect something.
  4. noun Grammar: the form a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show its role in a sentence.
  5. verb To pack something into a case, or to observe a place closely before a robbery.

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.

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