fall

/fˈɔl/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
“The branch fell from the tree”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
“The temperature is going down”
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
“fall into a trap”
come under, be classified or included
“fall into a category”
fall from clouds
“rain, snow and sleet were falling”
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
“We must stand or fall”
die, as in battle or in a hunt
“Many soldiers fell at Verdun”
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
“Light fell on her face”
be captured
“The cities fell to the enemy”
occur at a specified time or place
“Christmas falls on a Monday this year”
decrease in size, extent, or range
“The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester”
yield to temptation or sin
“Adam and Eve fell”

noun

the season when the leaves fall from the trees
“in the fall of 1973”
a sudden drop from an upright position
“he had a nasty spill on the ice”
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
“women have been blamed ever since the Fall”
a downward slope or bend
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
“a fall from virtue”
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
“the fall of the House of Hapsburg”
a movement downward
“the rise and fall of the tides”
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
“they were protected until the capitulation of the fort”
the time of day immediately following sunset
“he loved the twilight”
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
“it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height”
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
“a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index”

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