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Quick definitions from WordNet (fall)
▸ noun: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity ("A fall from virtue")
▸ noun: a movement downward ("The rise and fall of the tides")
▸ noun: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance ("The fall of the House of Hapsburg")
▸ noun: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
▸ noun: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve ("Women have been blamed ever since the Fall")
▸ noun: the season when the leaves fall from the trees ("In the fall of 1973")
▸ noun: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions)
▸ noun: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
▸ noun: a sudden drop from an upright position
▸ noun: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity ("When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall")
▸ noun: a downward slope or bend
▸ noun: the time of day immediately following sunset ("They finished before the fall of night")
▸ verb: slope downward ("The hills around here fall towards the ocean")
▸ verb: move in a specified direction ("The line of men fall forward")
▸ verb: be inherited by
▸ verb: fall to somebody by assignment or lot
▸ verb: be captured
▸ verb: to be given by assignment or distribution
▸ verb: to be given by right or inheritance
▸ verb: lose office or power
▸ verb: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin ("We must stand or fall")
▸ verb: yield to temptation or sin
▸ verb: lose one's chastity ("A fallen woman")
▸ verb: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
▸ verb: die, as in battle or in a hunt ("Several deer have fallen to the same gun")
▸ verb: be due ("Payments fall on the 1st of the month")
▸ verb: come under, be classified or included ("Fall into a category")
▸ verb: come as if by falling
▸ verb: go as if by falling
▸ verb: occur at a specified time or place ("Christmas falls on a Monday this year")
▸ verb: begin vigorously
▸ verb: be born, used chiefly of lambs
▸ verb: come out; issue
▸ verb: be cast down
▸ verb: assume a disappointed or sad expression
▸ verb: pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind ("Fall into a trap")
▸ verb: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
▸ verb: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
▸ verb: lose an upright position suddenly
▸ verb: come into the possession of
▸ verb: fall or flow in a certain way
▸ verb: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way ("The barometer is falling")
▸ verb: fall from clouds ("Rain, snow and sleet were falling")
▸ verb: decrease in size, extent, or range ("Her weight fall to under a hundred pounds")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8301)
▸ Also see fell
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to fall
▸ Usage examples for fall
▸ Idioms related to fall (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing fall
▸ Words that often appear near fall
▸ Rhymes of fall
▸ Invented words related to fall
▸ noun: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity ("A fall from virtue")
▸ noun: a movement downward ("The rise and fall of the tides")
▸ noun: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance ("The fall of the House of Hapsburg")
▸ noun: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
▸ noun: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve ("Women have been blamed ever since the Fall")
▸ noun: the season when the leaves fall from the trees ("In the fall of 1973")
▸ noun: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions)
▸ noun: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
▸ noun: a sudden drop from an upright position
▸ noun: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity ("When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall")
▸ noun: a downward slope or bend
▸ noun: the time of day immediately following sunset ("They finished before the fall of night")
▸ verb: slope downward ("The hills around here fall towards the ocean")
▸ verb: move in a specified direction ("The line of men fall forward")
▸ verb: be inherited by
▸ verb: fall to somebody by assignment or lot
▸ verb: be captured
▸ verb: to be given by assignment or distribution
▸ verb: to be given by right or inheritance
▸ verb: lose office or power
▸ verb: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin ("We must stand or fall")
▸ verb: yield to temptation or sin
▸ verb: lose one's chastity ("A fallen woman")
▸ verb: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
▸ verb: die, as in battle or in a hunt ("Several deer have fallen to the same gun")
▸ verb: be due ("Payments fall on the 1st of the month")
▸ verb: come under, be classified or included ("Fall into a category")
▸ verb: come as if by falling
▸ verb: go as if by falling
▸ verb: occur at a specified time or place ("Christmas falls on a Monday this year")
▸ verb: begin vigorously
▸ verb: be born, used chiefly of lambs
▸ verb: come out; issue
▸ verb: be cast down
▸ verb: assume a disappointed or sad expression
▸ verb: pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind ("Fall into a trap")
▸ verb: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
▸ verb: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
▸ verb: lose an upright position suddenly
▸ verb: come into the possession of
▸ verb: fall or flow in a certain way
▸ verb: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way ("The barometer is falling")
▸ verb: fall from clouds ("Rain, snow and sleet were falling")
▸ verb: decrease in size, extent, or range ("Her weight fall to under a hundred pounds")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8301)
▸ Also see fell
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to fall
▸ Usage examples for fall
▸ Idioms related to fall (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing fall
▸ Words that often appear near fall
▸ Rhymes of fall
▸ Invented words related to fall