fall (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 44 senses of the word *fall / Fall*:
VERB	motion	fall	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
motion	fall, descend, go down, come down	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
change	fall	pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
stative	fall, come	come under, be classified or included
weather	fall, precipitate, come down	fall from clouds
social	fall	suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
stative	fall	die, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt
stative	fall, shine, strike	touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
possession	fall	be captured
change	fall	occur at a specified time or place
change	fall, decrease, diminish, lessen	decrease in size, extent, or range
social	fall	yield to temptation or sin
social	fall	lose office or power
possession	fall	to be given by assignment or distribution
motion	fall	move in a specified direction
stative	fall	be due
social	fall	lose one's chastity
possession	fall	to be given by right or inheritance
possession	fall, accrue	come into the possession of
possession	fall, light	fall to somebody by assignment or lot
possession	fall, return, pass, devolve	be inherited by
motion	fall	slope downward
motion	fall, fall down	lose an upright position suddenly
motion	fall	drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
contact	fall, hang, flow	fall or flow in a certain way
change	fall	assume a disappointed or sad expression
change	fall	be cast down
change	fall	come out
change	fall	be born, used chiefly of lambs
change	fall	begin vigorously
change	fall	go as if by falling
change	fall, descend, settle	come as if by falling
NOUN	time	fall, autumn	the season when the leaves fall from the trees
act	fall, spill, tumble	a sudden drop from an upright position
event	Fall	the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
object	fall, descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope	a downward slope or bend
act	fall	a lapse into sin
event	fall, downfall	a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
event	fall	a movement downward
act	fall, capitulation, surrender	the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
time	fall, twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle	the time of day immediately following sunset
event	fall, pin	when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
event	fall, drop	a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
attribute	fall, drop, dip, free fall	a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

fall / Fall > pronunciation
Sounds	faa'l; fao'l
Rhymes	aerosol ... Wiesenthal: 31 rhymes with aal...
albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol...

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 1, time
Meaning	The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
Example	"in the fall of 1973"
Synonym	autumn
Parts	Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer	A period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
Parts	autumnal equinox, September equinox, fall equinox	September 22
Broader	season, time of year	One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
Spanish	otoñada, otoño
Catalan	tardorada, tardor

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	A sudden drop from an upright position.
Synonyms	spill, tumble
Narrower	pratfall	A fall onto your buttocks
Narrower	wipeout	A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)
Broader	slip, trip	An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
Spanish	caída
Catalan	caiguda
Verbs	fall	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
	fall	drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
	fall	lose an upright position suddenly

English > *Fall*: 44 senses > noun 3, event
Meaning	The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
Instance of	event	Something that happens at a given place and time
Spanish	caída, pecado capital
Verbs	fall	yield to temptation or sin

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 4, object
Meaning	A downward slope or bend.
Synonyms	descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope
Narrower	downhill	The downward slope of a hill
Narrower	steep	A steep place (as on a hill)
Broader	slope, incline, side	An elevated geological formation
Opposite	ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade	An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Spanish	bajada, caída, declinación, declive, declividad, descenso, inclinación, pendiente
Catalan	baixada, baixant, caiguda, declinació, declivi, inclinació, rost
Verbs	fall	slope downward

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 5, act
Meaning	A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.
Example	"a fall from virtue"
Broader	sin, sinning	An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
Spanish	caída
Verbs	fall	yield to temptation or sin
Verbs	fall	lose one's chastity

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 6, event
Meaning	A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
Example	"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
Synonym	downfall
Narrower	anticlimax	A disappointing decline after a previous rise
Broader	weakening	Becoming weaker
Opposite	rise	A growth in strength or number or importance
Spanish	caída, perdición, ruina
Catalan	caiguda, perdició, ruïna
Verbs	fall	lose office or power
Verbs	fall	suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 7, event
Meaning	A movement downward.
Example	"the rise and fall of the tides"
Broader	change of location, travel	A movement through space that changes the location of something
Opposite	rise, rising, ascent, ascension	A movement upward
Verbs	fall	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 8, act
Meaning	The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).
Synonyms	capitulation, surrender
Broader	loss	The act of losing someone or something
Spanish	capitulación
Catalan	capitulació
Verbs	fall	be captured
	fall	lose office or power
	fall	suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 9, time
Meaning	The time of day immediately following sunset.
Example	"they finished before the fall of night"
Synonyms	twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle
Part of	evening, eve, even, eventide	The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
Narrower	night	A shortening of nightfall
Broader	hour, time of day	clock time
Spanish	anochecer, anochecida, anochecido, atardecer, atardecida, crepuscle, crepúsculo, evenfall, gloam, ocaso
Catalan	capvespre, crepuscle, crepuscle vespertí, evenfall, gloam, vespre

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 10, event
Meaning	When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
Synonym	pin
Part of	wrestling match	A match between wrestlers
Narrower	takedown	(amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position
Broader	victory, triumph	A successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 11, event
Meaning	A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.
Synonym	drop
Narrower	free fall	The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
	plunge	A steep and rapid fall
	precipitation	The act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
Broader	descent	A movement downward
Broader	gravitation	movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
Spanish	caída, despeño
Catalan	caiguda
Adjectives	prelapsarian	of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
Verbs	fall	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
Verbs	fall	lose an upright position suddenly

English > *fall*: 44 senses > noun 12, attribute
Meaning	A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
Example	"when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
Synonyms	drop, dip, free fall
Narrower	correction	A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases / increases
Narrower	voltage drop	A decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
Broader	decrease, decrement	The amount by which something decreases
Spanish	bajada, baja, bajón, caída, descenso
Catalan	baixada, baixa, caiguda, descendiment, descens
Verbs	fall	decrease in size, extent, or range

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote	change location
Similar to	precipitate, come down, fall	fall from clouds
Spanish	caerse, caer
Catalan	caure
Nouns	fall	a sudden drop from an upright position
	fall	a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
	faller	a person who falls

English > *fall*: 44 senses > 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
Example	"The barometer is falling"
Synonyms	descend, go down, come down
Caused by	fell, drop, strike down, cut down	Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Caused by	lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down	Move something or somebody to a lower position
Entailed by	chute, parachute, jump	Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Narrower	alight, climb down	Come down
	avalanche, roll down	Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
	cascade, cascade down	rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
	crash	fall or come down violently
	decline, slump, correct	go down in value
	dive, plunge, plunk	Drop steeply
	drip	fall in drops
	drop	To fall vertically
	flop	fall suddenly and abruptly
	pitch	fall or plunge / plunge forward
	plop	Drop with the sound of something falling into water
	pounce, swoop	Move down on as if in an attack
	precipitate	fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
	prolapse	Slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
	rappel, abseil, rope down	lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
	set, go down, go under	disappear beyond the horizon
	sink, settle, go down, go under	go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
	sink, subside	descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
	tumble, topple	fall down, as if collapsing
	unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down	Alight from (a horse)
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote	change location
See also	fall in	break down, literally or metaphorically
Opposite	ascend, go up	Travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
Opposite	rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise	Move upward
Spanish	bajar, caer, descender
Catalan	davallar, descendir
Nouns	fall	a movement downward

English > *fall*: 44 senses > 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	drop	Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
Narrower	fall in love	Begin to experience feelings of love / love towards
Broader	change state, turn	Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
See also	break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart	Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments
	crumble, fall apart	break or fall apart into fragments
	fall back, drop off, fall behind, recede	retreat
	fall for	Be deceived / deceived, duped, or entrapped by
	fall through, fall flat, founder, flop	fail utterly
	lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind	hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
	slip, drop off, drop away, fall away	get worse
Spanish	caer
Catalan	caure

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 4, stative
Meaning	Come under, be classified or included.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Example	"fall into a category"
Synonym	come
Broader	be	Have the quality of being
Spanish	encontrarse, estar
Catalan	estar

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 5, weather
Meaning	fall from clouds.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something
Example	"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
Synonyms	precipitate, come down
Entails	condense, distill, distil	Undergo condensation
Narrower	hail	precipitate as small ice particles
	rain, rain down	precipitate as rain
	sleet	precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow
	snow	fall as snow
	spat	come down like raindrops
Similar to	fall	descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
Spanish	bajar, caer, precipitar
Catalan	caure

English > *fall*: 44 senses > 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	Be unsuccessful
Spanish	fracasar
Nouns	fall	the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Nouns	fall	a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 7, stative
Meaning	die, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Example	"Several deer have fallen to the same gun"
Broader	die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life
Similar to	fall	Be captured
Similar to	fall	Lose office or power
Spanish	caer

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 8, 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	Come to pass
Spanish	brillar
Catalan	brillar

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 9, possession
Meaning	Be captured.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	yield	Cease opposition
Similar to	fall	die, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt
Spanish	caer
Nouns	fall	the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 10, 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	Come to pass
Similar to	fall	Be due
Spanish	caer
Catalan	caure

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 11, change
Meaning	decrease in size, extent, or range.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	decrease, diminish, lessen
Entailed by	scale down	Reduce proportionally
Narrower	abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away	Become less in amount or intensity
	boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate	Be cooked until very little liquid / liquid is left
	break	diminish or discontinue abruptly
	break	fall sharply
	de-escalate	diminish in size, scope, or intensity
	decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard	Lose velocity
	decline, go down, wane	Grow smaller
	decrescendo	Grow quieter
	deflate	Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
	depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue	Lose in value
	drop off	fall or diminish
	dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down	Become smaller or lose substance
	ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag	Become less intense
	remit	diminish or abate
	shorten	Become short or shorter
	shrink, contract	Become smaller or draw together
	shrink, shrivel	decrease in size, range, or extent
	shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither	wither, as with a loss of moisture
	taper	diminish gradually
	thin out	Become sparser
	vanish, fly, vaporize	decrease rapidly and disappear
	wane	Become smaller
	wane	decrease in phase
	weaken	Become weaker
Broader	change magnitude	change in size or magnitude
Opposite	increase	Become bigger or greater in amount
Spanish	consumirse, desmoronarse, disminuir, menguar, mermar, reducirse
Catalan	atenuar, disminuir, esmorteir, minorar, mitigar, rebaixar, reduir, remetre
Nouns	fall	a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 12, social
Meaning	Yield to temptation or sin.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Broader	fall	Lose one's chastity
Broader	sin, transgress, trespass	commit a sin
Similar to	fall	Lose one's chastity
Spanish	caer
Nouns	Fall	the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
Nouns	fall	a lapse into sin

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 13, social
Meaning	Lose office or power.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Broader	leave office, quit, step down, resign	Give up or retire from a position
Similar to	fall	die, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt
Spanish	caer
Nouns	fall	the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Nouns	fall	a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 14, possession
Meaning	To be given by assignment or distribution.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Similar to	fall, light	fall to somebody by assignment or lot
Similar to	fall	To be given by right or inheritance
Spanish	tocar
Catalan	tocar

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 15, motion
Meaning	Move in a specified direction.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Example	"The line of men fall forward"
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote	change location

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 16, stative
Meaning	Be due.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Example	"payments fall on the 1st of the month"
Broader	be	Have the quality of being
Similar to	fall	occur at a specified time or place

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 17, social
Meaning	Lose one's chastity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Example	"a fallen woman"
Narrower	fall	Yield to temptation or sin
Similar to	fall	Yield to temptation or sin
Nouns	fall	a lapse into sin

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 18, possession
Meaning	To be given by right or inheritance.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Similar to	fall	To be given by assignment or distribution
Spanish	corresponder, tocar
Catalan	pertocar, tocar

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 19, possession
Meaning	Come into the possession of.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Synonym	accrue
Broader	change hands, change owners	Be transferred to another owner
Similar to	fall, light	fall to somebody by assignment or lot
Similar to	fall, return, pass, devolve	Be inherited by
Spanish	acrecentar, acumularse, recaer

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 20, possession
Meaning	fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Synonym	light
Broader	fall, return, pass, devolve	Be inherited by
Similar to	accrue, fall	Come into the possession of
Similar to	fall	To be given by assignment or distribution
Spanish	iluminar, recaer

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 21, possession
Meaning	Be inherited by.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	return, pass, devolve
Narrower	fall, light	fall to somebody by assignment or lot
Broader	change hands, change owners	Be transferred to another owner
Similar to	accrue, fall	Come into the possession of
Spanish	reincorporar, retornar
Catalan	reincorporar, retornar

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 22, motion
Meaning	slope downward.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Example	"The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
Broader	slope, incline, pitch	Be at an angle
Spanish	descender
Nouns	fall	a downward slope or bend

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 23, motion
Meaning	Lose an upright position suddenly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonym	fall down
Broader	change posture	Undergo a change in bodily posture
Similar to	fall	Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
Spanish	caer
Catalan	caure
Nouns	fall	a sudden drop from an upright position
Nouns	fall	a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 24, motion
Meaning	Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Broader	change posture	Undergo a change in bodily posture
Similar to	fall, fall down	Lose an upright position suddenly
Nouns	fall	a sudden drop from an upright position

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 25, contact
Meaning	fall or flow in a certain way.
Pattern	Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Synonyms	hang, flow
Spanish	caer
Catalan	caure

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 26, change
Meaning	assume a disappointed or sad expression.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	change	Undergo a change
Similar to	fall	Be cast down

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 27, change
Meaning	Be cast down.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	change	Undergo a change
Similar to	fall	assume a disappointed or sad expression

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 28, change
Meaning	Come out; issue.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Broader	issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress	Come out of
Spanish	salir

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 29, change
Meaning	be born, used chiefly of lambs.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	be born	Come into existence through birth

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 30, change
Meaning	Begin vigorously.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Broader	get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence	Take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 31, change
Meaning	go as if by falling.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Broader	disappear, vanish, go away	Get lost, as without warning or explanation
Similar to	fall, descend, settle	Come as if by falling
Spanish	caer

English > *fall*: 44 senses > verb 32, change
Meaning	Come as if by falling.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	descend, settle
Broader	come	Come to pass
Similar to	fall	go as if by falling
Spanish	asentarse, caer, descender

HyperDic: fall