fall

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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.

2. 2transitive verb

   To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.

3. 3transitive verb

   To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.

4. 4transitive verb

   To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.

5. 5transitive verb

   To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.

6. 6transitive verb

   To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.

7. 7transitive verb

   To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points.

8. 8transitive verb

   To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

9. 9transitive verb

   To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.

10. 10transitive verb

    To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.

11. 11transitive verb

    To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.

12. 12transitive verb

    To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.

13. 13transitive verb

    To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.

14. 14transitive verb

    To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.

15. 15transitive verb

    To come; to occur; to arrive.

16. 16transitive verb

    To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.

17. 17transitive verb

    To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.

18. 18transitive verb

    To belong or appertain.

19. 19transitive verb

    To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.

20. 20transitive verb

    To let fall; to drop.

21. 21transitive verb

    To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.

22. 22transitive verb

    To diminish; to lessen or lower.

23. 23transitive verb

    To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.

24. 24transitive verb

    To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.

25. 25noun

    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.

26. 26noun

    The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.

27. 27noun

    Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.

28. 28noun

    Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.

29. 29noun

    The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.

30. 30noun

    Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.

31. 31noun

    A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.

32. 32noun

    Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

33. 33noun

    Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.

34. 34noun

    The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice.

35. 35noun

    Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.

36. 36noun

    The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.

37. 37noun

    That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.

38. 38noun

    The act of felling or cutting down.

39. 39noun

    Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.

40. 40noun

    Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.

41. 41noun

    That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

42. 42noun

    the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

    "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

    Synonyms

    capitulationsurrender
43. 43noun

    a sudden drop from an upright position

    "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

    Synonyms

    spilltumble
44. 44noun

    a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

    "a fall from virtue"

45. 45noun

    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

    "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"

    "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"

    Synonyms

    dipdrop
46. 46noun

    a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

    "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

    Synonyms

    drop
47. 47noun

    a movement downward

    "the rise and fall of the tides"

48. 48noun

    a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

    "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

    Synonyms

    downfall
49. 49noun

    when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

    Synonyms

    pin
50. 50noun

    the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve

    "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

51. 51noun

    a downward slope or bend

    Synonyms

    declensiondeclinationdeclinedeclivitydescentdownslope
52. 52noun

    the time of day immediately following sunset

    "he loved the twilight"

    "they finished before the fall of night"

    Synonyms

    crepusclecrepusculeduskevenfallgloamgloamingnightfalltwilight
53. 53noun

    the season when the leaves fall from the trees

    "in the fall of 1973"

    Synonyms

    autumn
54. 54verb

    pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

    "fall into a trap"

    "She fell ill"

55. 55verb

    decrease in size, extent, or range

    "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"

    "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"

    Synonyms

    decreasediminishlessen
56. 56verb

    come as if by falling

    "Night fell"

    "Silence fell"

    Synonyms

    descendsettle
57. 57verb

    go as if by falling

    "Grief fell from our hearts"

58. 58verb

    occur at a specified time or place

    "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"

    "The accent falls on the first syllable"

59. 59verb

    begin vigorously

    "The prisoners fell to work right away"

60. 60verb

    be born, used chiefly of lambs

    "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

61. 61verb

    come out; issue

    "silly phrases fell from her mouth"

62. 62verb

    be cast down

    "his eyes fell"

63. 63verb

    assume a disappointed or sad expression

    "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"

    "his crest fell"

64. 64verb

    fall or flow in a certain way

    "This dress hangs well"

    "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

    Synonyms

    flowhang
65. 65verb

    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

    "The temperature is going down"

    "The barometer is falling"

    Synonyms

    descend
66. 66verb

    descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

    "The branch fell from the tree"

    "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"

67. 67verb

    drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

    "She fell back in her chair"

    "He fell to his knees"

68. 68verb

    lose an upright position suddenly

    "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"

    "Her hair fell across her forehead"

69. 69verb

    slope downward

    "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"

70. 70verb

    move in a specified direction

    "The line of men fall forward"

71. 71verb

    be inherited by

    "The estate fell to my sister"

    "The land returned to the family"

    Synonyms

    devolvepassreturn
72. 72verb

    fall to somebody by assignment or lot

    "The task fell to me"

    "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

    Synonyms

    light
73. 73verb

    come into the possession of

    "The house accrued to the oldest son"

    Synonyms

    accrue
74. 74verb

    be captured

    "The cities fell to the enemy"

75. 75verb

    to be given by assignment or distribution

    "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"

    "The onus fell on us"

76. 76verb

    to be given by right or inheritance

    "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"

77. 77verb

    lose office or power

    "The government fell overnight"

    "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

78. 78verb

    suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

    "We must stand or fall"

    "fall by the wayside"

79. 79verb

    yield to temptation or sin

    "Adam and Eve fell"

80. 80verb

    lose one's chastity

    "a fallen woman"

81. 81verb

    touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

    "Light fell on her face"

    "The sun shone on the fields"

    Synonyms

    shinestrike
82. 82verb

    die, as in battle or in a hunt

    "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"

    "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"

83. 83verb

    be due

    "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

84. 84verb

    come under, be classified or included

    "fall into a category"

    "This comes under a new heading"

    Synonyms

    come
85. 85verb

    fall from clouds

    "rain, snow and sleet were falling"

    "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

    Synonyms

    precipitate