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Fall may refer to:

  • the season of autumn; in North American English the season is known as fall, while in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries the more common word is autumn
  • falling, or free-fall, a condition of acceleration which is due to gravity
  • waterfall, a geological formation, more typically referred to as "falls" than simply "fall"
  • astrological fall, a term for a planet in a form of debilitated essential dignity
  • Falling (forestry), various methods employed for cutting down trees; people employed in this practice are known as "fallers"
  • a woman's hairpiece with long, free-hanging hair.
  • in sailng, a halyard, also known as a "fall", is a rope that straightly "falls" at the mast that hoists and lowers the sail
  • the sudden arrival of large numbers of migrating birds on an island or at a coastal headland due to drift migration
  • Fall (EP), a 1990 EP by British band Ride

The Fall may refer to:

  • The Fall, a prolific British rock band
  • The Fall (novel), the third novel written by French writer Albert Camus
  • The Fall of Man, a Jewish and Christian doctrine of man's rebellion against his creator, God, bringing God's condemnation on himself, as described in the story of Adam and Eve

 

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