fall toward (something)

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fall toward (something)

To bend, tilt, or drop toward someone or something. The toddler fell toward the chair but luckily didn't hit her head.

fall toward something

to drop or fall in the direction of something. She fell toward the curb rather than toward the traffic. The tree fell toward the garage rather than toward the house.

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As matter falls toward the black hole, it forms a hot, spinning accretion disk with an intensely powerful magnetic field.

Looking down the throat of a black-hole jet

As for his thesis, I think that it falls toward the Scots verdict: nil probandum, or at least not yet.

Freedom, vol. 1, Freedom in the Making of Western Culture

Oil falls towards $111 on possible agreement on Libyan ports

Global equities near fresh highs with eyes on US data

Water doesn't turn to ice instantaneously, so as the rain falls towards earth its temperature can fall below freezing, but it still remains liquid.

Life, northerly: ice cold facts

Danedream's RPR of 127 falls towards the bottom end of Arc expectations, but that's partly down to the sex allowance and is only 2lb below the 129 achieved by the exceptional Zarkava in 2008.

Winner impresses but doubts linger over big-race form; RACING POST RATINGS VIEW Paul Curtis on Danedream's new mark of 127+ and where that places her in the Arc rankings

However, this is a case that falls towards the lower end of the scale of seriousness.

He drove 111mph before A55 crash

When black holes are formed, they absorb great amounts of light, which then shines brightly as it falls towards oblivion.

Cosmic collisions 'aren't responsible for black hole growth'

Finally Big Wolf decides to climb the impossible tree to get the leaf "just to see Little Wolf's eyes sparkle." After many risks and dangerous moments, big Wolf is able to reach the leaf, which disintegrates at his touch and falls towards Little Wolf as a "rain of gentle stars." Finally Little Wolf is able to touch the piece of the leaf, to taste its sweetness, feel its gentleness, and see its brightness.

Big Wolf & Little Wolf

"As every other business in the land frantically cuts prices to win customers we see rail companies cheerfully ripping off passengers by increasing their fares as inflation falls towards zero.

'Rip-off' fares slammed

Taking its form from the slope of the landscape, which falls towards the north-east, the layout is dominated by classrooms, each 8m square and laid out diagonally in echelon along the slope.

Stepping forward: a school cut into the misty dry desert of Peru's coastal plain sets up a sense of place for small children, even in the most inhospitable of regions

Neon dissolves in the helium raindrops and falls towards the deeper interior where it re-dissolves, depleting the upper layers of both elements, consistent with observations.

Helium rain explains scarcity of neon in Jupiter's atmosphere

Unsurprisingly, detached homes have seen the biggest price falls, losing an average of pounds 71.68 a day during the past 30 days, but flats in England have seen their prices rise by an average of pounds 2.84 a day since the beginning of the year after suffering falls towards the end of 2007.