To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
To come as if by dropping down.
To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
To become.
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
To be brought to the ground.
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
To come down, to drop or descend.
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
The action of a batsman being out.
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard
A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
The chasing of a hunted whale.
A loss of greatness or status.
That which falls or cascades.
The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
To cease to behave in a consistent and/or rational manner.
To lose sight of an important objective or principle; to act contrarily to one's own interests through concentrating on relatively unimportant matters.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lose, plot.