Fall

Noun1.fall - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer - a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
Sep, Sept, September - the month following August and preceding October
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 bend
downhill - the downward slope of a hill
incline, 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"
weakening - becoming weaker
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"
change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
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"
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"
10.fall - when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
wrestling match - a match between wrestlers
takedown - (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"
descent - a movement downward
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"
decrement, decrease - the amount by which something decreases
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
Verb1.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"
dismount, unhorse, get down, light, get off - get off (a horse)
avalanche, roll down - of snow masses in the mountains
dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
go under, go down, set - disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"
slump, correct, decline - go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
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"
climb down, alight - come down; "the birds alighted"
go under, go down, sink, settle - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
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"
cascade, cascade down - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
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"
go up, move up, rise, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
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"
drop away, fall away, slip, drop off - get worse; "My grades are slipping"
come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
crumble, fall apart - break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
fall flat, fall through, founder, flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
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"
ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag - become less intense
change magnitude - change in size or magnitude
weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
contract, shrink - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down - become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
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"
devaluate, devalue, undervalue, depreciate - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
thin out - become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"
wane, go down, decline - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
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"
hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
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"
hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
fall - be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
12.fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
sin, transgress, trespass - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
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"
slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
23.fall - lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
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"
change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
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"
egress, come forth, come out, emerge, go forth, issue - come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
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"
descend, settle, fall - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
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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