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fall

/ fall /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
come under, be classified or included
"fall into a category"
"This comes under a new heading"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
assume a disappointed or sad expression
"Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"
"his crest fell"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
slope downward
"The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
Type of:
slope incline pitch
Derived:
descent declivity decline declination declension
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
"The branch fell from the tree"
"The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
Type of:
travel go move
Derived:
faller drop spill tumble
Verb group:
precipitate come down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
"She fell back in her chair"
"He fell to his knees"
Type of:
change posture
Derived:
spill tumble
Verb group:
fall down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 6
lose an upright position suddenly
"The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"
"Her hair fell across her forehead"
Type of:
change posture
Derived:
spill tumble drop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 7
move in a specified direction
"The line of men fall forward"
Type of:
travel go move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
be inherited by
"The estate fell to my sister"
"The land returned to the family"
"The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
Type of:
change hands
Kinds of:
light
Verb group:
accrue
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 9
fall to somebody by assignment or lot
"The task fell to me"
"It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
Type of:
return pass devolve
Verb group:
accrue
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
verb Sense 10
be captured
"The cities fell to the enemy"
Type of:
yield
Derived:
capitulation surrender
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 11
to be given by assignment or distribution
"The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"
"The onus fell on us"
"The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"
Verb group:
light
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 12
to be given by right or inheritance
"The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 13
lose office or power
"The government fell overnight"
"The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
Type of:
leave office quit step down
Derived:
capitulation surrender downfall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 14
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
"We must stand or fall"
"fall by the wayside"
Type of:
fail go wrong miscarry
Derived:
capitulation surrender downfall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 15
yield to temptation or sin
"Adam and Eve fell"
Type of:
sin transgress trespass
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 16
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
"Light fell on her face"
"The sun shone on the fields"
"The light struck the golden necklace"
"A strange sound struck my ears"
Type of:
happen hap go on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 17
die, as in battle or in a hunt
"Many soldiers fell at Verdun"
"Several deer have fallen to the same gun"
"The shooting victim fell dead"
Type of:
die decease perish
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 18
be due
"payments fall on the 1st of the month"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 19
be cast down
"his eyes fell"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 20
come out; issue
"silly phrases fell from her mouth"
Type of:
issue emerge come out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 21
be born, used chiefly of lambs
"The lambs fell in the afternoon"
Type of:
be born
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 22
lose one''s chastity
"a fallen woman"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 23
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
Opposites:
rise
Type of:
weakening
Kinds of:
anticlimax
noun Sense 24
when a wrestler''s shoulders are forced to the mat
Type of:
victory triumph
Kinds of:
takedown
Has parts:
wrestling match
noun Sense 25
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
"women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
Type of:
event
noun Sense 26
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
"a fall from virtue"
Type of:
sin sinning
noun Sense 27
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
"in the fall of 1973"
Type of:
season time of year
verb Sense 28
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
"fall into a trap"
"She fell ill"
"They fell out of favor"
"Fall in love"
"fall asleep"
"fall prey to an imposter"
"fall into a strange way of thinking"
"she fell to pieces after she lost he"
Type of:
change state turn
Kinds of:
fall in love
See also:
fall for fall through fall flat founder flop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 29
go as if by falling
"Grief fell from our hearts"
Type of:
disappear vanish go away
Verb group:
descend settle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 30
a movement downward
"the rise and fall of the tides"
Opposites:
rise rising ascent ascension
Type of:
change of location travel
Derived:
descend go down come down
verb Sense 31
begin vigorously
"The prisoners fell to work right away"
Type of:
get down begin get
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 32
come as if by falling
"Night fell"
"Silence fell"
Type of:
come
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 33
occur at a specified time or place
"Christmas falls on a Monday this year"
"The accent falls on the first syllable"
Type of:
happen hap go on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 34
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
"it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
Type of:
gravitation descent
Kinds of:
free fall plunge precipitation
Derived:
fall down drop
verb Sense 35
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
"The temperature is going down"
"The barometer is falling"
"The curtain fell on the diva"
"Her hand went up and then fell again"
Opposites:
rise lift arise move up go up
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
prolapse rappel abseil rope down unhorse
Derived:
descent
See also:
collapse fall in cave in give give way
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 36
fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"
"Her long black hair flowed down her back"
Derived:
hang
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb Sense 37
come into the possession of
"The house accrued to the oldest son"
Type of:
change hands
Derived:
accumulation accrual accruement
Verb group:
light return pass devolve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
noun Sense 38
the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions)
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
Type of:
loss
Derived:
surrender give up capitulate
noun Sense 39
a sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty spill on the ice"
Type of:
slip trip
Kinds of:
wipeout
Derived:
fall down topple tumble tip
noun Sense 40
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"
"there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"
"a dip in prices"
"when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
Type of:
decrease decrement
Kinds of:
correction voltage drop
Derived:
decrease diminish lessen drop
noun Sense 41
a downward slope or bend
Opposites:
ascent acclivity rise raise climb
Type of:
slope incline side
Kinds of:
downhill steep
Derived:
decline
verb Sense 42
fall from clouds
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Kinds of:
rain rain down spat snow hail
Derived:
precipitation downfall
Entails:
condense distill distil
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 43
decrease in size, extent, or range
"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"
"The cabin pressure fell dramatically"
"her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"
"his voice fell to a whisper"
Opposites:
increase
Type of:
change magnitude
Kinds of:
break shrink shrivel taper drop off
Derived:
drop dip free fall decline diminution
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 44
the time of day immediately following sunset
"he loved the twilight"
"they finished before the fall of night"
Type of:
hour time of day
Kinds of:
night
Has parts:
evening eve eventide
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
44
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
202
Times Searched
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