Volley vs False - What's the difference?
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The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired
* Milton
* Byron
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=30 A burst or emission of many things at once.
(sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces
(sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=John Sinnott
, title=Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan
, work=BBC Sport
(cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
To fire a volley of shots
(sports) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=May 14
, author=Peter Scrivener
, title=Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton
, work=BBC Sport
To be fired in a volley
(sports) To make a volley
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
*{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
:
*
*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
:
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
:
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
:
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun volley
is the simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.As a verb volley
is to fire a volley of shots.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.volley
English
Noun
(en noun)- Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.
- Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
citation, passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}
- a volley of words
- (Ben Jonson)
- (Alexander Pope)
citation, page= , passage=But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley .}}
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club. }}
Derived terms
* half volley * scorpion volley * volleyballfalse
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}