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fall
(f/O/l )

noun (n)

  • the season when the leaves fall from the trees(noun.time)
    Example:
    In the fall of 1973.
    Synonym:
    autumn
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden drop from an upright position(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    spill, tumble
    source: wordnet30
  • the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve(noun.event)
    Example:
    Women have been blamed ever since the Fall.
    source: wordnet30
  • a downward slope or bend(noun.object)
    Synonym:
    declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope
    Antonym:
    acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade
    source: wordnet30
  • a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity(noun.act)
    Example:
    A fall from virtue.
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden decline in strength or number or importance(noun.event)
    Example:
    The fall of the House of Hapsburg.
    Synonym:
    downfall
    Antonym:
    rise
    source: wordnet30
  • a movement downward(noun.event)
    Example:
    The rise and fall of the tides.
    Synonym:
    descent
    Antonym:
    ascension, ascent, rise, rising
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    capitulation, surrender
    source: wordnet30
  • the time of day immediately following sunset(noun.time)
    Example:
    They finished before the fall of night.
    Synonym:
    crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
    source: wordnet30
  • when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    pin
    source: wordnet30
  • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    drop
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall.
    Synonym:
    dip, drop, free fall
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • descend in free fall under the influence of gravity(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The barometer is falling.
    Synonym:
    come down, descend, go down
    Antonym:
    ascend, go up
    source: wordnet30
  • pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind(verb.change)
    Example:
    Fall into a trap.
    Fall in love.
    Fall asleep.
    Fall prey to an imposter.
    Fall into a strange way of thinking.
    source: wordnet30
  • come under, be classified or included(verb.stative)
    Example:
    Fall into a category.
    Synonym:
    come
    source: wordnet30
  • fall from clouds(verb.weather)
    Example:
    Rain, snow and sleet were falling.
    Synonym:
    come down, precipitate
    source: wordnet30
  • suffer defeat, failure, or ruin(verb.social)
    Example:
    We must stand or fall.
    Fall by the wayside.
    source: wordnet30
  • die, as in battle or in a hunt(verb.stative)
    Example:
    Several deer have fallen to the same gun.
    source: wordnet30
  • touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    shine, strike
    source: wordnet30
  • be captured(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • occur at a specified time or place(verb.change)
    Example:
    Christmas falls on a Monday this year.
    The accent falls on the first syllable.
    source: wordnet30
  • decrease in size, extent, or range(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    decrease, diminish, lessen
    Antonym:
    increase
    source: wordnet30
  • yield to temptation or sin(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • lose office or power(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • to be given by assignment or distribution(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • move in a specified direction(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The line of men fall forward.
    source: wordnet30
  • be due(verb.stative)
    Example:
    Payments fall on the 1st of the month.
    source: wordnet30
  • lose one's chastity(verb.social)
    Example:
    A fallen woman.
    source: wordnet30
  • to be given by right or inheritance(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • come into the possession of(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    accrue
    source: wordnet30
  • fall to somebody by assignment or lot(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    light
    source: wordnet30
  • be inherited by(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    devolve, pass, return
    source: wordnet30
  • slope downward(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The hills around here fall towards the ocean.
    source: wordnet30
  • lose an upright position suddenly(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    fall down
    source: wordnet30
  • drop oneself to a lower or less erect position(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • fall or flow in a certain way(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    flow, hang
    source: wordnet30
  • assume a disappointed or sad expression(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • be cast down(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • come out; issue(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • be born, used chiefly of lambs(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • begin vigorously(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • go as if by falling(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • come as if by falling(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    descend, settle
    source: wordnet30
  • To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To let fall; to drop.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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