fall

Meanings

• the season when the leaves fall from the trees
  • "in the fall of 1973"
• a sudden drop from an upright position
• the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
  • "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
• a downward slope or bend
• a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
  • "a fall from virtue"
• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
  • "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
• a movement downward
  • "the rise and fall of the tides"
• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
• the time of day immediately following sunset
  • "they finished before the fall of night"
• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
  • "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
• descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  • "The barometer is falling"
• pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
  • "fall into a trap"
  • "Fall in love"
  • "fall asleep"
  • "fall prey to an imposter"
  • "fall into a strange way of thinking"
• come under, be classified or included
  • "fall into a category"
• fall from clouds
  • "rain, snow and sleet were falling"
• suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
  • "We must stand or fall"
  • "fall by the wayside"
• die, as in battle or in a hunt
  • "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"
• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
• be captured
• occur at a specified time or place
  • "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"
  • "The accent falls on the first syllable"
• decrease in size, extent, or range
• yield to temptation or sin
• lose office or power
• to be given by assignment or distribution
• move in a specified direction
  • "The line of men fall forward"
• be due
  • "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
• lose one's chastity
  • "a fallen woman"
• to be given by right or inheritance
• come into the possession of
• fall to somebody by assignment or lot
• be inherited by
• slope downward
  • "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
• lose an upright position suddenly
• drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
• fall or flow in a certain way
• assume a disappointed or sad expression
• be cast down
• come out; issue
• be born, used chiefly of lambs
• begin vigorously
• go as if by falling
• come as if by falling

Synonyms

accrue, autumn, capitulation, come, come down, crepuscle, crepuscule, declension, declination, decline, declivity, decrease, descend, descent, devolve, diminish, dip, downfall, downslope, drop, dusk, evenfall, fall down, flow, free fall, gloam, gloaming, go down, hang, lessen, light, nightfall, pass, pin, precipitate, return, settle, shine, spill, strike, surrender, tumble, twilight