Fall (disambiguation)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions)
"They were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
(2) A sudden drop from an upright position
"He had a nasty spill on the ice"
(3) A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
"A fall from virtue"
(4) 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"
(5) A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
"It was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
(6) A movement downward
"The rise and fall of the tides"
(7) A sudden decline in strength or number or importance
"The fall of the House of Hapsburg"
(8) When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
(9) The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
"Women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
(10) A downward slope or bend
(11) The time of day immediately following sunset
"He loved the twilight"
"They finished before the fall of night"
(12) The season when the leaves fall from the trees
"In the fall of 1973"
verb
(13) 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 her work"
(14) 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"
(15) Occur at a specified time or place
"Christmas falls on a Monday this year"
"The accent falls on the first syllable"
(16) Be born, used chiefly of lambs
"The lambs fell in the afternoon"
(17) Fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"
"Her long black hair flowed down her back"
(18) 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"
(19) Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
"The branch fell from the tree"
"The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
(20) Move in a specified direction
"The line of men fall forward"
(21) Fall to somebody by assignment or lot
"The task fell to me"
"It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
(22) Come into the possession of
"The house accrued to the oldest son"
(23) Be captured
"The cities fell to the enemy"
(24) 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 youngest student"
(25) Lose office or power
"The government fell overnight"
"The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"