Fall

verb
fɔl

Noun

  • a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

    the fall of the House of Hapsburg

    Similar:Downfall
    Type of:Weakening
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

    when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall

    Similar:DipDrop
    Type of:DecrementDecrease
  • the season when the leaves fall from the trees

    in the fall of 1973

    Similar:Autumn
    Type of:Season
  • the time of day immediately following sunset

    they finished before the fall of night

    Similar:CrepuscleCrepusculeDuskEvenfallGloam
    Type of:Hour
  • a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

    a fall from virtue

    Type of:SinningSin
  • a movement downward

    the rise and fall of the tides

    Type of:Travel
  • the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

    Type of:Loss
  • when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

    Similar:Pin
    Type of:TriumphVictory
  • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

    Similar:Drop
    Type of:GravitationDescent
  • a downward slope or bend

    Similar:DeclensionDeclinationDeclineDeclivityDescent
    Type of:SideInclineSlope
  • a sudden drop from an upright position

    Similar:SpillTumble
    Type of:SlipTrip
  • the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve

Verb

  • move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

    The barometer is falling

    Similar:Descend
    Type of:LocomoteGoMove
  • come under, be classified or included

    fall into a category

    Similar:Come
    Type of:Be
  • pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

    fall into a trap

    fall asleep

    fall prey to an imposter

    Type of:Turn
    See also:SeparateFlopFounder
  • fall from clouds

    rain, snow and sleet were falling

    Similar:Precipitate
  • occur at a specified time or place

    Christmas falls on a Monday this year

    The accent falls on the first syllable

    Type of:HappenOccurPass
  • suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

    We must stand or fall

    fall by the wayside

    Type of:FailMiscarry
  • be due

    payments fall on the 1st of the month

    Type of:Be
  • die, as in battle or in a hunt

    Several deer have fallen to the same gun

    Type of:DeceaseChokePerish
  • move in a specified direction

    The line of men fall forward

    Type of:TravelLocomoteGo
  • slope downward

    The hills around here fall towards the ocean

    Type of:PitchSlopeIncline
  • come into the possession of

    Similar:Accrue
  • lose an upright position suddenly

  • fall to somebody by assignment or lot

    Similar:Light
  • touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

    Similar:ShineStrike
    Type of:PassOccurHappen
  • decrease in size, extent, or range

  • come as if by falling

    Type of:Come
  • be inherited by

  • lose one's chastity

    a fallen woman

  • fall or flow in a certain way

    Similar:FlowHang
  • assume a disappointed or sad expression

    Type of:Change
  • be born, used chiefly of lambs

  • be captured

    Type of:Yield
  • be cast down

    Type of:Change
  • begin vigorously

    Type of:CommenceStartGet
  • come out; issue

    Type of:EmergeIssueEgress
  • descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

    Type of:MoveLocomoteTravel
  • drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

  • go as if by falling

    Type of:DisappearVanish
  • lose office or power

    Type of:QuitResign
  • yield to temptation or sin

    Type of:TransgressSinTrespass
  • to be given by assignment or distribution

  • to be given by right or inheritance

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