FALL

/fɔːl/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 9

Definition

  1. noun the season when the leaves fall from the trees. — synonyms: autumn
  2. noun a sudden drop from an upright position. — synonyms: spill, tumble
  3. noun the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
  4. noun a downward slope or bend. — synonyms: descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope
  5. noun a lapse into sin.
  6. noun a sudden decline in strength or number or importance. — synonyms: downfall
  7. noun a movement downward.
  8. noun the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions). — synonyms: capitulation, surrender
  9. noun the time of day immediately following sunset. — synonyms: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle
  10. noun when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. — synonyms: pin
  11. noun a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity. — synonyms: drop
  12. noun a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. — synonyms: drop, dip, free_fall
  13. verb descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
  14. verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. — synonyms: descend, go_down, come_down
  15. verb pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
  16. verb come under, be classified or included. — synonyms: come
  17. verb fall from clouds. — synonyms: precipitate, come_down
  18. verb suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
  19. verb die, as in battle or in a hunt.
  20. verb touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly. — synonyms: shine, strike
  21. verb be captured.
  22. verb occur at a specified time or place.
  23. verb decrease in size, extent, or range. — synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen
  24. verb yield to temptation or sin.
  25. verb lose office or power.
  26. verb to be given by assignment or distribution.
  27. verb move in a specified direction.
  28. verb be due.
  29. verb lose one's chastity.
  30. verb to be given by right or inheritance.
  31. verb come into the possession of. — synonyms: accrue
  32. verb fall to somebody by assignment or lot. — synonyms: light
  33. verb be inherited by. — synonyms: return, pass, devolve
  34. verb slope downward.
  35. verb lose an upright position suddenly. — synonyms: fall_down
  36. verb drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
  37. verb fall or flow in a certain way. — synonyms: hang, flow
  38. verb assume a disappointed or sad expression.
  39. verb be cast down.
  40. verb come out.
  41. verb be born, used chiefly of lambs.
  42. verb begin vigorously.
  43. verb go as if by falling.
  44. 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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