fall away toward



fall away toward something

to slant downward toward something. The yard fell away toward the shore of the lake. The broad expanse of prairie land fell away toward the river bottomland, and beyond that, the river itself.
See also: away, fall, toward

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ThaneTHAYNEnglish (Rare)
WillaWIL-əEnglish
JoakimYO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Mirela-Romanian, Croatian
Osheen-Irish
Draga-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian