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Fall
fɔːl
- move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control
"five inches of snow fell through the night"
- hang down
"hair that was allowed to fall to the shoulders"
- (of land) slope downwards
"the field fell gently downhill"
- (of someone's eyes or glance) be directed downwards
"Albert's eyes fell, and he blushed"
- (of someone's face) show dismay or disappointment by appearing to droop
"her face fell as she thought about her life with George"
- (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse
"he stumbled, tripped, and fell"
topple over tumble over keel over fall down fall over go head over heels go end over end fall headlong go headlong collapse fall in a heap take a spill pitch forward- throw oneself to the ground
"she fell to her knees and began to weep"
- (of a tree or structure) collapse to the ground
- decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
"imports fell by 12 per cent"
- (of a measuring instrument) show a lower reading
"the barometer had fallen a further ten points"
- be captured or defeated
"the besieged city fell after three months"
- (of a wicket) be taken by the bowling side
"more wickets fell"
- die in battle
"an English leader who had fallen at the hands of the Danes"
- (of a government or leader) lose office or be overthrown
"six months later the government fell as a result of mass strikes"
- yield to temptation
"it is their husbands' fault if wives do fall"
- pass into a specified state, situation, or position
"she fell pregnant"
- occur or take place
"when night fell we crawled back to our lines"
- be classified in the way specified
"canals fall within the Minister's brief"
- an act of falling or collapsing
"his mother had a fall as she alighted from a train"
- a controlled act of falling, especially as a stunt or in martial arts
"rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt"
- a move which pins the opponent's shoulders on the ground for a count of three
- a downward difference in height between parts of a surface
"at the corner of the massif this fall is interrupted by other heights of considerable stature"
- a thing which falls or has fallen
"in October came the first fall of snow"
- a sudden onset or arrival
"the fall of darkness"
- a waterfall or cascade
"we camped upriver from the falls"
- a downward turn in a melody
"that strain again, it had a dying fall"
- the way in which something falls or hangs
"the fall of her hair"
- the parts or petals of a flower which bend downwards, especially the outer perianth segments of an iris
- a decrease in size, number, rate, or level
"a big fall in unemployment"
- a defeat or downfall
"the fall of the Roman Empire"
downfall ruin ruination collapse failure decline deterioration degeneration destruction overthrow demise surrender surrendering capitulation yielding giving in submission acquiescence succumbing resignation laying down of arms- a person's moral decline
- the lapse of humankind into a state of sin, ascribed in traditional Jewish and Christian theology to the disobedience of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis
- autumn
"that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term"
- a flock of woodcock
"there is a fall of woodcock in the round wood above the dell"