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fall
verb(fall)
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Synonyms: come down, descend, go down,
Antonyms: rise,
Examples:
The barometer is falling.
fall
noun(fall)
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Synonyms: capitulation, surrender,
fall
verb(fall)
come into the possession of
Synonyms: accrue,
fall
noun(fall)
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Synonyms: pin,
fall
verb(fall)
fall from clouds
Synonyms: come down, precipitate,
Examples:
Rain, snow and sleet were falling.
fall
verb(fall)
lose an upright position suddenly
Synonyms: fall down,
fall
noun(fall)
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
Synonyms: downfall,
Antonyms: rise,
Examples:
The fall of the House of Hapsburg.
fall
verb(fall)
fall or flow in a certain way
Synonyms: flow, hang,
fall
verb(fall)
fall to somebody by assignment or lot
Synonyms: light,
fall
noun(fall)
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Synonyms: dip, drop, free fall,
Examples:
When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall.
fall
noun(fall)
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Synonyms: drop,
fall
verb(fall)
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
Synonyms: shine, strike,
fall
verb(fall)
decrease in size, extent, or range
Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen,
fall
verb(fall)
come as if by falling
Synonyms: descend, settle,
fall
noun(fall)
a downward slope or bend
Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope,
fall
noun(fall)
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
Synonyms: autumn,
Examples:
In the fall of 1973.
fall
noun(fall)
the time of day immediately following sunset
Synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight,
Examples:
They finished before the fall of night.
fall
noun(fall)
a sudden drop from an upright position
Synonyms: spill, tumble,
fall
verb(fall)
come under, be classified or included
Synonyms: come,
Examples:
Fall into a category.
fall
verb(fall)
be inherited by
Synonyms: devolve, pass, return,
fall
noun(fall)
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
Examples:
A fall from virtue.
fall
noun(fall)
a movement downward
Antonyms: rise,
Examples:
The rise and fall of the tides.
fall
verb(fall)
assume a disappointed or sad expression
fall
verb(fall)
be born, used chiefly of lambs
fall
verb(fall)
be captured
fall
verb(fall)
be cast down
fall
verb(fall)
be due
Examples:
Payments fall on the 1st of the month.
fall
verb(fall)
begin vigorously
fall
verb(fall)
come out; issue
fall
verb(fall)
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
fall
verb(fall)
die, as in battle or in a hunt
Examples:
Several deer have fallen to the same gun.
fall
verb(fall)
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
fall
verb(fall)
go as if by falling
fall
verb(fall)
lose office or power
fall
verb(fall)
lose one's chastity
Examples:
A fallen woman.
fall
verb(fall)
move in a specified direction
Examples:
The line of men fall forward.
fall
verb(fall)
occur at a specified time or place
Examples:
Christmas falls on a Monday this year.
The accent falls on the first syllable.
fall
verb(fall)
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
Examples:
Fall into a trap.
Fall asleep.
Fall prey to an imposter.
Fall into a strange way of thinking.
fall
verb(fall)
slope downward
Examples:
The hills around here fall towards the ocean.
fall
verb(fall)
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
Examples:
We must stand or fall.
Fall by the wayside.
fall
noun(fall)
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
fall
verb(fall)
to be given by assignment or distribution
fall
verb(fall)
to be given by right or inheritance
fall
verb(fall)
yield to temptation or sin

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