Definition (decrease)
→ fall off
Some parts of the fruit have fallen away.
When clearing the trees, some of the bark has fallen away.
Certain sections of this project appear to have fallen away.
fall away
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Definition (pass)
When a time span feels as though it never occurred.
That painful period of my life feels as though it never occurred.
In retrospect, childhood always seems nostalgic, as if it never existed.
I always feel that those difficult days have been forgotten by time.
Definition (separate)
When portions of something detach and descend to the ground.
The leaves on the tree fall away gradually in autumn.
The aging building begins to have tiles fall away.
Small stones fall away from the mountain, disrupting the peaceful atmosphere.
Definition (slope)
When the terrain slopes downward abruptly.
The path suddenly falls away at the top of the hill.
The hillside falls away sharply in certain areas, making walking hazardous.
At the end of the mountain path is a thicket where the terrain falls away abruptly.