To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
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A great noise; a hollow sound.
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An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…
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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…
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Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…
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One who loses.
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To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.
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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…
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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…
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To make a hissing sound.
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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
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The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, espec…
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