(n) the point in time at which something must be completed

(v) come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

(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) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

(v) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

(n) the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"

(n) the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

(n) an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"

(v) become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

(v) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

(v) appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"

(s) disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

(n) an efficient incentive; "they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches"

(a) expressing action rather than a state of being; used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')

(a) characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"

(a) of or relating to dynamics

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