Meaning of 'fall'

verb

drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

verb

lose an upright position suddenly

Synonyms: fall down

verb

slope downward

Example: "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"

verb

move in a specified direction

Example: "The line of men fall forward"

verb

be inherited by

Synonyms: return

verb

fall to somebody by assignment or lot

Synonyms: light

verb

come into the possession of

Synonyms: accrue

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

Example: "We must stand or fall"

verb

yield to temptation or sin

verb

lose one's chastity

Example: "a fallen woman"

verb

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

Synonyms: strike

verb

die, as in battle or in a hunt

verb

be due

Example: "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

verb

come under, be classified or included

Example: "fall into a category"

Synonyms: come

verb

fall from clouds

Example: "rain, snow and sleet were falling"

Synonyms: precipitate come down

noun

the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

Synonyms: surrender

noun

a sudden drop from an upright position

Synonyms: spill tumble

noun

a lapse into sin

noun

a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

Synonyms: drop dip free fall

noun

a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

Synonyms: drop

noun

a movement downward

Example: "the rise and fall of the tides"

Synonyms: descent

noun

a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

Example: "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

Synonyms: downfall

noun

when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

Synonyms: pin

noun

a downward slope or bend

Synonyms: descent declination declension declivity decline downslope

noun

the time of day immediately following sunset

Synonyms: twilight dusk gloaming gloam nightfall evenfall crepuscule crepuscle

noun

the season when the leaves fall from the trees

Example: "in the fall of 1973"

Synonyms: autumn

verb

pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

Example: "fall into a trap"

verb

decrease in size, extent, or range

Synonyms: decrease diminish lessen

verb

come as if by falling

Synonyms: settle descend

verb

go as if by falling

verb

occur at a specified time or place

Example: "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"

verb

begin vigorously

verb

be born, used chiefly of lambs

verb

come out

verb

be cast down

verb

assume a disappointed or sad expression

verb

fall or flow in a certain way

Synonyms: flow hang

verb

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Synonyms: come down descend go down

verb

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity