fall
noun
1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- in the fall of 1973
Similar word(s): autumn
Definition categories: time, season
2. a sudden drop from an upright position
Similar word(s): spill, tumble
Definition categories: act, slip, trip
3. the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
- women have been blamed ever since the Fall
Definition categories: event
4. a downward slope or bend
Similar word(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope
Definition categories: object, incline, side, slope
5. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a fall from virtue
Definition categories: act, sin, sinning
6. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- the fall of the House of Hapsburg
Similar word(s): downfall
Definition categories: event, weakening
7. a movement downward
- the rise and fall of the tides
Definition categories: event, travel
8. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Similar word(s): capitulation, surrender
Definition categories: act, loss
9. the time of day immediately following sunset
- they finished before the fall of night
Similar word(s): crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
Definition categories: time, hour
10. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Similar word(s): pin
Definition categories: event, triumph, victory
11. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Similar word(s): drop
Definition categories: event, gravitation, descent
12. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall
Definition categories: attribute, decrease, decrement
Sentences with fall as a noun:
- the fall of Rome
- He set up his rival to take the fall.
verb
1. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- The barometer is falling
Similar word(s): descend
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
3. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- fall into a trap
- Fall in love
- fall asleep
Similar word(s): slip, break, separate, crumble, recede, dawdle, lag, flop, founder
Definition categories: change, turn
4. come under, be classified or included
- fall into a category
Similar word(s): come
Definition categories: stative, be
5. fall from clouds
- rain, snow and sleet were falling
Similar word(s): precipitate
Definition categories: weather
6. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- We must stand or fall
- fall by the wayside
Definition categories: social, fail, miscarry
7. die, as in battle or in a hunt
- Several deer have fallen to the same gun
Definition categories: stative, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, perish
8. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
Similar word(s): shine, strike
Definition categories: stative, hap, happen, occur, pass
9. be captured
Definition categories: possession, yield
10. occur at a specified time or place
- Christmas falls on a Monday this year
- The accent falls on the first syllable
Definition categories: change, hap, happen, occur, pass
11. decrease in size, extent, or range
Similar word(s): decrease, diminish, lessen
Definition categories: change
12. yield to temptation or sin
Definition categories: social, sin, transgress, trespass, fall
13. lose office or power
Definition categories: social, quit, resign
14. to be given by assignment or distribution
Definition categories: possession
15. move in a specified direction
- The line of men fall forward
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
16. be due
- payments fall on the 1st of the month
Definition categories: stative, be
17. lose one's chastity
- a fallen woman
Definition categories: social
18. to be given by right or inheritance
Definition categories: possession
19. come into the possession of
Similar word(s): accrue
Definition categories: possession
20. fall to somebody by assignment or lot
Similar word(s): light
Definition categories: possession, devolve, fall, pass, return
21. be inherited by
Similar word(s): devolve, pass, return
Definition categories: possession
22. slope downward
- The hills around here fall towards the ocean
Definition categories: motion, incline, pitch, slope
23. lose an upright position suddenly
Definition categories: motion
24. drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
Definition categories: motion
25. fall or flow in a certain way
Definition categories: contact
26. assume a disappointed or sad expression
Definition categories: change
27. be cast down
Definition categories: change
28. come out; issue
Definition categories: change, egress, emerge, issue
29. be born, used chiefly of lambs
Definition categories: change
30. begin vigorously
Definition categories: change, begin, commence, get, start
31. go as if by falling
Definition categories: change, disappear, vanish
32. come as if by falling
Similar word(s): descend, settle
Definition categories: change, come
Sentences with fall as a verb:
- to fall the voice
- to fall a tree
- She has fallen ill. The children fell asleep in the back of the car. When did you first fall in love?
- Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday. Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
- And so it falls to me to make this important decision. The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
- to fall into error; to fall into difficulties