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fall / Fall > 44 senses
NOUN	1	fall, autumn	The season when the leaves fall from the trees
	2	fall, spill, tumble	A sudden drop from an upright position
	3	Fall	The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
	4	fall, descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope	A downward slope or bend
	5	fall	A lapse into sin
	6	fall, downfall	A sudden decline in strength or number or importance
	7	fall	A movement downward
	8	fall, capitulation, surrender	The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions)
	9	fall, twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle	The time of day immediately following sunset
	10	fall, pin	When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
	11	fall, drop	A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
	12	fall, drop, dip, free fall	A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
VERB	1	fall	Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
	2	fall, descend, go down, come down	Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
	3	fall	Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
	4	fall, come	Come under, be classified or included
	5	fall, precipitate, come down	Fall from clouds
	6	fall	Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
	7	fall, decrease, diminish, lessen	Decrease in size, extent, or range
	8	fall	Die, as in battle or in a hunt
	9	fall, shine, strike	Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
	10	fall	Be captured
	11	fall	Occur at a specified time or place
	12	fall	Yield to temptation or sin
	13	fall	Lose office or power
	14	fall	To be given by assignment or distribution
	15	fall	Move in a specified direction
	16	fall	Be due
	17	fall	Lose one's chastity
	18	fall	To be given by right or inheritance
	19	fall, accrue	Come into the possession of
	20	fall, light	Fall to somebody by assignment or lot
	21	fall, return, pass, devolve	Be inherited by
	22	fall	Slope downward
	23	fall, fall down	Lose an upright position suddenly
	24	fall	Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
	25	fall, hang, flow	Fall or flow in a certain way
	26	fall	Assume a disappointed or sad expression
	27	fall	Be cast down
	28	fall	Come out
	29	fall	Be born, used chiefly of lambs
	30	fall	Begin vigorously
	31	fall	Go as if by falling
	32	fall, descend, settle	Come as if by falling

fall / Fall > pronunciation
Sounds	faa'l; fao'l
Rhymes	aerosol, alcohol, Algol / ALGOL, and 25 more rhymes in aal at the HyperDic website...
Rhymes	albuterol, all, appall, and 93 more rhymes in aol at the HyperDic website...

fall > noun 1, time
Meaning	The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
Examples	"in the fall of 1973"
Synonyms	autumn
Parts	Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer; September, Sep, Sept; October, Oct; November, Nov; autumnal equinox, September equinox, fall equinox
Broader	season, time of year

fall > noun 2, act
Meaning	A sudden drop from an upright position.
Synonyms	spill, tumble
Narrower	wipeout
Broader	slip, trip
Verbs	fall; fall; fall

Fall > noun 3, event
Meaning	The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
Examples	"women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
Broader	event
Verbs	fall

fall > noun 4, object
Meaning	A downward slope or bend.
Synonyms	descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope
Narrower	downhill; steep
Broader	slope, incline, side
Contrary	ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
Verbs	fall

fall > noun 5, act
Meaning	A lapse into sin. A loss of innocence or of chastity.
Examples	"a fall from virtue"
Broader	sin, sinning
Verbs	fall; fall

fall > noun 6, event
Meaning	A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
Examples	"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
Synonyms	downfall
Narrower	anticlimax
Broader	weakening
Contrary	rise
Verbs	fall; fall

fall > noun 7, event
Meaning	A movement downward.
Examples	"the rise and fall of the tides"
Broader	change of location, travel
Contrary	rise, rising, ascent, ascension
Verbs	fall

fall > noun 8, act
Meaning	The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions).
Synonyms	capitulation, surrender
Broader	loss
Verbs	fall; fall; fall

fall > noun 9, time
Meaning	The time of day immediately following sunset.
Examples	"they finished before the fall of night"
Synonyms	twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle
Part of	evening, eve, eventide
Narrower	night
Broader	hour, time of day

fall > noun 10, event
Meaning	When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
Synonyms	pin
Part of	wrestling match
Narrower	takedown
Broader	victory, triumph

fall > noun 11, event
Meaning	A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.
Synonyms	drop
Narrower	free fall; plunge; precipitation
Broader	gravitation; descent
Adjectives	prelapsarian
Verbs	fall; fall

fall > noun 12, attribute
Meaning	A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
Examples	"when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
Synonyms	drop, dip, free fall
Narrower	correction; voltage drop
Broader	decrease, decrement
Verbs	fall

fall > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote
Similar to	precipitate, come down, fall
Nouns	faller; fall; fall

fall > verb 2, motion
Meaning	Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Model	The airplane is sure to fall
Examples	"The barometer is falling"
Synonyms	descend, go down, come down
Caused by	fell, drop, strike down, cut down; lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Entailed by	parachute, jump
Narrower	prolapse; rappel, abseil, rope down; unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down; avalanche, roll down; dive, plunge, plunk; set, go down, go under; decline, slump, correct; precipitate; sink, subside; crash; flop; tumble, topple; drop; plop; pitch; alight, climb down; sink, settle, go down, go under; pounce, swoop; drip; cascade, cascade down
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote
Contrary	rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise; ascend, go up
See also	fall in
Nouns	fall

fall > verb 3, change
Meaning	Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"fall into a trap"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"
Narrower	fall in love
Broader	change state, turn
See also	fall for; fall back, fall behind; fall away; fall apart; fall apart; fall back, fall behind; fall through, fall flat

fall > verb 4, stative
Meaning	Come under, be classified or included.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"fall into a category"
Synonyms	come
Broader	be

fall > verb 5, weather
Meaning	Fall from clouds.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
Synonyms	precipitate, come down
Entails	condense, distill, distil
Narrower	rain, rain down; spat; snow; hail; sleet
Similar to	fall

fall > verb 6, social
Meaning	Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Examples	"We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
Broader	fail, go wrong, miscarry
Nouns	fall; fall

fall > verb 7, change
Meaning	Decrease in size, extent, or range.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"
Synonyms	decrease, diminish, lessen
Entailed by	scale down
Narrower	break; shrink, shrivel; taper; drop off; vanish, fly, vaporize; break; ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag; weaken; boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate; shrink, contract; shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither; abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away; deflate; dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down; remit; de-escalate; depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue; shorten; thin out; decline, go down, wane; wane; wane; decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard; decrescendo
Broader	change magnitude
Contrary	increase
Nouns	fall

fall > verb 8, stative
Meaning	Die, as in battle or in a hunt.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"Several deer have fallen to the same gun"
Broader	die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Similar to	fall; fall

fall > verb 9, stative
Meaning	Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	shine, strike
Broader	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

fall > verb 10, possession
Meaning	Be captured.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	yield
Similar to	fall
Nouns	fall

fall > verb 11, change
Meaning	Occur at a specified time or place.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
Broader	happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Similar to	fall

fall > verb 12, social
Meaning	Yield to temptation or sin.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Broader	sin, transgress, trespass; fall
Similar to	fall
Nouns	Fall; fall

fall > verb 13, social
Meaning	Lose office or power.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Broader	leave office, quit, step down, resign
Similar to	fall
Nouns	fall; fall

fall > verb 14, possession
Meaning	To be given by assignment or distribution.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Similar to	fall, light; fall

fall > verb 15, motion
Meaning	Move in a specified direction.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"The line of men fall forward"
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote

fall > verb 16, stative
Meaning	Be due.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"payments fall on the 1st of the month"
Broader	be
Similar to	fall

fall > verb 17, social
Meaning	Lose one's chastity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Examples	"a fallen woman"
Narrower	fall
Similar to	fall
Nouns	fall

fall > verb 18, possession
Meaning	To be given by right or inheritance.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Similar to	fall

fall > verb 19, possession
Meaning	Come into the possession of.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	accrue
Broader	change hands
Similar to	fall, return, pass, devolve; fall, light

fall > verb 20, possession
Meaning	Fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Synonyms	light
Broader	fall, return, pass, devolve
Similar to	accrue, fall; fall

fall > verb 21, possession
Meaning	Be inherited by.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	return, pass, devolve
Narrower	fall, light
Broader	change hands
Similar to	accrue, fall

fall > verb 22, motion
Meaning	Slope downward.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
Broader	slope, incline, pitch
Nouns	fall

fall > verb 23, motion
Meaning	Lose an upright position suddenly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	fall down
Broader	change posture
Similar to	fall
Nouns	fall; fall

fall > verb 24, motion
Meaning	Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Broader	change posture
Similar to	fall, fall down
Nouns	fall

fall > verb 25, contact
Meaning	Fall or flow in a certain way.
Pattern	Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Synonyms	hang, flow

fall > verb 26, change
Meaning	Assume a disappointed or sad expression.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	change
Similar to	fall

fall > verb 27, change
Meaning	Be cast down.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	change
Similar to	fall

fall > verb 28, change
Meaning	Come out. Issue.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Broader	issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress

fall > verb 29, change
Meaning	Be born, used chiefly of lambs.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	be born

fall > verb 30, change
Meaning	Begin vigorously.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Broader	get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence

fall > verb 31, change
Meaning	Go as if by falling.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Broader	disappear, vanish, go away
Similar to	fall, descend, settle

fall > verb 32, change
Meaning	Come as if by falling.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	descend, settle
Broader	come
Similar to	fall