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Fall| Noun | 1. | fall - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"Oct, October - the month following September and preceding November Nov, November - the month following October and preceding December time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons" | | | 2. | fall - a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"wipeout - a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) trip, slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" | | | 3. | Fall - the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"event - something that happens at a given place and time | | | 4. | fall - a downward slope or bendincline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain" steep - a steep place (as on a hill) | | | 5. | fall - a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"sinning, sin - an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will | | | 6. | fall - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"anticlimax - a disappointing decline after ad previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career" rise - a growth in strength or number or importance | | | 7. | fall - a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" | | | 8. | fall - the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"loss - the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" | | | 9. | fall - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" | | | 10. | fall - when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mattakedown - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points" triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" | | | 11. | fall - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" plunge - a steep and rapid fall precipitation - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height | | | 12. | fall - 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"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction" voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing | | | Verb | 1. | fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" | | | 2. | fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"prolapse - slip or fall out of place, as of body parts; "prolapsed rectum" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" abseil, rappel, rope down - lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" subside, sink - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" flop - fall suddenly and abruptly topple, tumble - fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" drop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" plop - drop with the sound of something falling into water pitch - fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" pounce, swoop - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students" drip - fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet" cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" | | | 3. | fall - pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" fall in love - begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student" crumble, fall apart - break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" fall for - be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" | | | 4. | fall - come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | | | 5. | fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" spat - come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us" snow - fall as snow; "It was snowing all night" hail - precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour" sleet - precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet" | | | 6. | fall - suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" | | | 7. | fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"break - diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night" shrivel, shrink - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" taper - diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off" drop off - fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" vaporize, vanish, fly - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" break - fall sharply; "stock prices broke" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" contract, shrink - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" remit - diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted" de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" thin out - become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" decrescendo - grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here" | | | 8. | fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"decease, die, pass away, perish, expire, exit, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" fall - be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy" fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" | | | 9. | fall - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" | | | 10. | fall - be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"yield - cease opposition; stop fighting fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" | | | 11. | fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"fall - be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" | | | 12. | fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"fall - lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman" fall - lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman" | | | 13. | fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" | | | 14. | fall - to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" fall - to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" | | | 15. | fall - move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell" | | | 16. | fall - be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | | | 17. | fall - lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell" fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell" | | | 18. | fall - to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"fall - to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student" | | | 19. | fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"change hands - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed owners twice last year" devolve, return, fall, pass - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" | | | 20. | fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"devolve, return, fall, pass - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" fall - to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student" | | | 21. | fall - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"change hands - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed owners twice last year" light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son" | | | 22. | fall - slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" | | | 23. | fall - lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"fall - drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" | | | 24. | fall - drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"fall down, fall - lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" | | | 25. | fall - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" | | | 26. | fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" fall - be cast down; "his eyes fell" | | | 27. | fall - be cast down; "his eyes fell"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell" | | | 28. | fall - come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" | | | 29. | fall - be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"be born - come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm" | | | 30. | fall - begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" | | | 31. | fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" | | | 32. | fall - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts" | |
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