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fall

(f/O/l )

noun (n)

the season when the leaves fall from the trees(noun.time)

Example:
In the fall of 1973.

Synonym:
autumn

source: wordnet30
a sudden drop from an upright position(noun.act)

Synonym:
spill, tumble

source: wordnet30
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve(noun.event)

Example:
Women have been blamed ever since the Fall.

source: wordnet30
a downward slope or bend(noun.object)

Synonym:
declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope
Antonym:
acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

source: wordnet30
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity(noun.act)

Example:
A fall from virtue.

source: wordnet30
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance(noun.event)

Example:
The fall of the House of Hapsburg.

Synonym:
downfall
Antonym:
rise

source: wordnet30
a movement downward(noun.event)

Example:
The rise and fall of the tides.

Synonym:
descent
Antonym:
ascension, ascent, rise, rising

source: wordnet30
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)(noun.act)

Synonym:
capitulation, surrender

source: wordnet30
the time of day immediately following sunset(noun.time)

Example:
They finished before the fall of night.

Synonym:
crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight

source: wordnet30
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat(noun.event)

Synonym:
pin

source: wordnet30
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity(noun.event)

Synonym:
drop

source: wordnet30
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity(noun.attribute)

Example:
When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall.

Synonym:
dip, drop, free fall

source: wordnet30
The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way(verb.motion)

Example:
The barometer is falling.

Synonym:
come down, descend, go down
Antonym:
ascend, go up

source: wordnet30
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind(verb.change)

Example:
Fall into a trap.
Fall in love.
Fall asleep.
Fall prey to an imposter.
Fall into a strange way of thinking.

source: wordnet30
come under, be classified or included(verb.stative)

Example:
Fall into a category.

Synonym:
come

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fall from clouds(verb.weather)

Example:
Rain, snow and sleet were falling.

Synonym:
come down, precipitate

source: wordnet30
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin(verb.social)

Example:
We must stand or fall.
Fall by the wayside.

source: wordnet30
die, as in battle or in a hunt(verb.stative)

Example:
Several deer have fallen to the same gun.

source: wordnet30
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly(verb.stative)

Synonym:
shine, strike

source: wordnet30
be captured(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
occur at a specified time or place(verb.change)

Example:
Christmas falls on a Monday this year.
The accent falls on the first syllable.

source: wordnet30
decrease in size, extent, or range(verb.change)

Synonym:
decrease, diminish, lessen
Antonym:
increase

source: wordnet30
yield to temptation or sin(verb.social)

source: wordnet30
lose office or power(verb.social)

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to be given by assignment or distribution(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
move in a specified direction(verb.motion)

Example:
The line of men fall forward.

source: wordnet30
be due(verb.stative)

Example:
Payments fall on the 1st of the month.

source: wordnet30
lose one's chastity(verb.social)

Example:
A fallen woman.

source: wordnet30
to be given by right or inheritance(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
come into the possession of(verb.possession)

Synonym:
accrue

source: wordnet30
fall to somebody by assignment or lot(verb.possession)

Synonym:
light

source: wordnet30
be inherited by(verb.possession)

Synonym:
devolve, pass, return

source: wordnet30
slope downward(verb.motion)

Example:
The hills around here fall towards the ocean.

source: wordnet30
lose an upright position suddenly(verb.motion)

Synonym:
fall down

source: wordnet30
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
fall or flow in a certain way(verb.contact)

Synonym:
flow, hang

source: wordnet30
assume a disappointed or sad expression(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
be cast down(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
come out; issue(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
be born, used chiefly of lambs(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
begin vigorously(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
go as if by falling(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
come as if by falling(verb.change)

Synonym:
descend, settle

source: wordnet30
To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.(verb)

source: webster1913
To let fall; to drop.(verb)

source: webster1913

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