FALL
/fɔːl/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- noun the season when the leaves fall from the trees.
— synonyms: autumn
- noun a sudden drop from an upright position.
— synonyms: spill, tumble
- noun the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
- noun a downward slope or bend.
— synonyms: descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope
- noun a lapse into sin.
- noun a sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
— synonyms: downfall
- noun a movement downward.
- noun the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).
— synonyms: capitulation, surrender
- noun the time of day immediately following sunset.
— synonyms: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle
- noun when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
— synonyms: pin
- noun a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.
— synonyms: drop
- noun a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
— synonyms: drop, dip, free_fall
- verb descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
- verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
— synonyms: descend, go_down, come_down
- verb pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
- verb come under, be classified or included.
— synonyms: come
- verb fall from clouds.
— synonyms: precipitate, come_down
- verb suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
- verb die, as in battle or in a hunt.
- verb touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
— synonyms: shine, strike
- verb be captured.
- verb occur at a specified time or place.
- verb decrease in size, extent, or range.
— synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen
- verb yield to temptation or sin.
- verb lose office or power.
- verb to be given by assignment or distribution.
- verb move in a specified direction.
- verb be due.
- verb lose one's chastity.
- verb to be given by right or inheritance.
- verb come into the possession of.
— synonyms: accrue
- verb fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
— synonyms: light
- verb be inherited by.
— synonyms: return, pass, devolve
- verb slope downward.
- verb lose an upright position suddenly.
— synonyms: fall_down
- verb drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
- verb fall or flow in a certain way.
— synonyms: hang, flow
- verb assume a disappointed or sad expression.
- verb be cast down.
- verb come out.
- verb be born, used chiefly of lambs.
- verb begin vigorously.
- verb go as if by falling.
- verb come as if by falling.
— synonyms: descend, settle
Examples
- “the fall of Rome”
- “He set up his rival to take the fall.”
- “Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.”
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