n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of two bytes and can be signed (-32K to +32K) or unsigned (64K)

n. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

n. the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

n. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

n. a bill of exchange payable after a short period

n. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

n. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

n. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

n. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

n. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

v. "Night fell"; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"

v. be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

v. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"

v. yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

v. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"

v. die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"

v. be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

v. create a short circuit in

v. cheat someone by not returning him enough money

v. fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

v. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"

v. be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"

v. lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

v. come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

v. be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

v. fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

adv. so as to interrupt: "She took him up short before he could continue"

adv. at some point or distance before a goal is reached: "he fell short of our expectations"

adv. in a tight or constricted manner; "a tightly packed pub"

adv. "the car's axle snapped short"

adv. quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"

adv. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

adv. "I was caught short"

adj. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

adj. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"

adj. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

adj. unwilling to endure; "she was unforbearing with the slower students"

adj. music: staccato notes

adj. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

adj. not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

n. the state of being decayed or destroyed

n. a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

n. the act of causing to become less

n. the act of reducing complexity

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

n. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

n. an event that results in destruction

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

n. a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"

n. a mishap caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

n. total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

n. an event that results in destruction

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

n. the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

n. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

n. sloping channel through which things can descend

n. flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"

n. the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

n. a downward slope or bend

n. a very steep cliff

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

v. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"

v. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

v. lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"

v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

v. consent reluctantly

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

v. refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

v. lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"

v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

v. go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

v. become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

v. become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off"

v. become diminished

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

v. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"

v. make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"

v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

v. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

v. flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

v. retreat

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

v. drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"

v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

v. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

v. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

v. move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

v. "drape a cloth"

v. bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"

v. serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"

v. bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

v. fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property

adj. without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from office"

adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

adj. atypically small; "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

adj. having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

adj. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

adv. on a small scale; "think small"

adv. with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived promptly"; "come here, quick!"

v. be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

v. as of sugar in coffee, for example

v. become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

v. break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

v. get worse; "My grades are slipping"

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

adj. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

adj. used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

adj. not emphasized

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

adj. of pastry: having a light delicate texture achieved by whipping or adding whipped egg whites: "lemon chiffon pie"

adj. having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"

adj. resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"

adj. having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect"

adj. having low relative density or specific gravity

adj. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

adj. unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"

adj. unable to bear irritation

adj. marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"

adj. easy to cut or chew

adj. tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips"

adj. made of or easily forming flakes

adj. made tender as by marinating or pounding; "tenderized meat"

adj. no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

adj. short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"

n. an integer variable. In C, it has the value of four bytes and can be signed (-2G to +2G) or unsigned (4G)

n. the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

n. a growth in strength or number or importance

n. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate"

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

v. become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

v. become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"

v. increase in; "gain momentum"; "gain nerve"

v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

v. become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

v. go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

v. grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

v. go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

v. fly in or as if in a glider plane

v. move smoothly and effortlessly

v. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

adj. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

adj. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"

adj. great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

adj. of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"