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fall

verb
  1. drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
  2. lose an upright position suddenly
    fall down
  3. slope downward
    “The hills around here fall towards the ocean”
  4. move in a specified direction
    “The line of men fall forward”
  5. be inherited by
    return
  6. fall to somebody by assignment or lot
    light
  7. come into the possession of
    accrue
  8. be captured
  9. to be given by assignment or distribution
  10. to be given by right or inheritance
  11. lose office or power
  12. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
    “We must stand or fall”
  13. yield to temptation or sin
  14. lose one's chastity
    “a fallen woman”
  15. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
    strike
  16. die, as in battle or in a hunt
  17. be due
    “payments fall on the 1st of the month”
  18. come under, be classified or included
    “fall into a category”
    come
  19. fall from clouds
    “rain, snow and sleet were falling”
    precipitatecome down
  20. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
    “fall into a trap”
  21. decrease in size, extent, or range
    decreasediminishlessen
  22. come as if by falling
    settledescend
  23. go as if by falling
  24. occur at a specified time or place
    “Christmas falls on a Monday this year”
  25. begin vigorously
  26. be born, used chiefly of lambs
  27. come out
  28. be cast down
  29. assume a disappointed or sad expression
  30. fall or flow in a certain way
    flowhang
  31. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    come downdescendgo down
  32. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
noun
  1. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
    surrender
  2. a sudden drop from an upright position
    spilltumble
  3. a lapse into sin
  4. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    dropdipfree fall
  5. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
    drop
  6. a movement downward
    “the rise and fall of the tides”
    descent
  7. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
    “the fall of the House of Hapsburg”
    downfall
  8. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
    pin
  9. a downward slope or bend
    descentdeclinationdeclensiondeclivitydeclinedownslope
  10. the time of day immediately following sunset
    twilightduskgloaminggloamnightfallevenfallcrepusculecrepuscle
  11. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
    “in the fall of 1973”
    autumn