fall

fall: 1. verb
1)

bombs began to fall

Syn:

drop, descend, come down, go down; plummet, plunge, sink, dive, tumble; cascade

Ant:

rise

2)

he tripped and fell

Syn:

topple over, tumble over, keel over, fall down/over, go head over heels, go headlong, collapse, take a spill, pitch forward; trip, stumble, slip; informal come a cropper

Ant:

get up

3)

the river began to fall

Syn:

subside, recede, ebb, flow back, fall away, go down, sink

Ant:

rise, flood

4)

inflation will fall

Syn:

decrease, decline, diminish, fall off, drop off, lessen, dwindle; plummet, plunge, slump, sink; depreciate, cheapen, devalue; informal go through the floor, nosedive, take a header, crash

Ant:

rise, increase

5)

the Mogul empire fell

Syn:

decline, deteriorate, degenerate, go downhill, go to rack and ruin; decay, wither, fade, fail; informal go to the dogs, go to pot, go down the toilet

Ant:

rise, flood, increase, flourish

6)

those who fell in the war

Syn:

die, perish, lose one's life, be killed, be slain, be lost, meet one's death; informal bite the dust, croak, buy it, buy the farm

Ant:

flourish

7)

the town fell to the barbarians

Syn:

surrender to, yield to, submit to, give in to, capitulate to, succumb to; be taken by, be defeated by, be conquered by, be overwhelmed by

Ant:

resist

8)

Easter falls on April 11th

Syn:

occur, take place, happen, come about; arise; literary come to pass

9)

night fell

Syn:

come, arrive, appear, arise, materialize

10)

she fell ill

Syn:

become, grow, get, turn

11)

more tasks may fall to him

Syn:

be the responsibility of, be the duty of, be borne by, be one's job; come someone's way
2. noun
1)

an accidental fall

Syn:

tumble, trip, spill, topple, slip; collapse; informal nosedive, header, cropper

2)

a fall in sales

Syn:

decline, falloff, drop, decrease, cut, dip, reduction, downswing; plummet, plunge, slump; informal nosedive, crash

Ant:

increase

3)

the fall of the Roman Empire

Syn:

downfall, collapse, ruin, ruination, failure, decline, deterioration, degeneration; destruction, overthrow, demise

Ant:

increase, rise, ascent

4)

the fall of the city

Syn:

surrender, capitulation, yielding, submission; defeat

Ant:

rise

5)

a steep fall down to the ocean

Syn:

descent, declivity, slope, slant, incline, downgrade

Ant:

ascent

6)

the fall of man

Syn:

sin, wrongdoing, transgression, error, offense, lapse, fall from grace, original sin

7) (falls)

rafting trips below the falls

Syn:

waterfall, cascade, cataract; rapids, white water

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- fall apart

- fall asleep

- fall away

- fall back

- fall back on

- fall behind

- fall for

- fall in

- fall off

- fall on

- fall out

- fall short

- fall short of

- fall through

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Synonyms:

Drop, descend, sink, drop down, Descent, dropping / Pass, come, be transferred, Discharge (of a river), emptying, disemboguement / Be dropped, be uttered carelessly, drop, Autumn, fall of the leaf / Declivity, slope, inclination / Be prostrated, fall down, Tumble, falling / Sink, be lowered, be depressed, Cataract, cascade, waterfall / Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away, Extent of descent, amount of fall / Sin, err, transgress, lapse, trip, trespass, commit a fault, do amiss, go astray, Destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, downfall / Die, perish, come to destruction, Degradation, loss of eminence / Empty, disembogue, flow, be discharged, Apostasy, loss of innocence, lapse, declension, slip, going astray, failure / Happen, befall, come, Diminution, decrease, decline / Become (sick, asleep, in love, etc.), get, Sinking (of the voice), cadence, close

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Fall — (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa llein… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fall — [fôl] vi. fell, fallen, falling [ME fallen < OE feallan, to fall, akin to Ger fallen < IE base * phol , to fall > Lith púolu, to fall] I to come down by the force of gravity; drop; descend 1. to come down because detached, pushed,… … English World dictionary
Fall — bezeichnet: Absturz (Unfall), ein Sturz aus gewisser Höhe Freier Fall, die durch Gravitation bewirkte Bewegung eines Körpers Fall (Tau), in der Seemannssprache eine Leine zum Hochziehen und Herablassen von Segeln, Ruderblättern oder Schwertern… … Deutsch Wikipedia
fall — ► VERB (past fell; past part. fallen) 1) move rapidly and without control from a higher to a lower level. 2) collapse to the ground. 3) (fall off) become detached and drop to the ground. 4) hang down. 5) (of someone s f … English terms dictionary
Fall — Fall, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fall [1] — Fall, 1) die Bewegung, in welcher alle Körper von geringerer Masse, in Folge der Anziehungskraft der Massen gegen den Mittelpunkt größerer Körper, mit einer der größeren Masse letzterer proportionirten Schnelligkeit getrieben werden, in so fern… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Fall — Fall, v. t. 1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fall — Fall, I Will Follow Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fall, I Will Follow Álbum de Lacrimas Profundere Publicación 2002 Género(s) Gothic Rock … Wikipedia Español
fall — fall, drop, sink, slump, subside are comparable when they mean to go or to let go downward freely. They are seldom close synonyms, however, because of various specific and essential implications that tend to separate and distinguish them. Fall,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fall — fall·er; prat·fall; re·fall; crest·fall·en·ly; crest·fall·en·ness; pratt·fall; … English syllables
fall — [n1] descent; lowering abatement, belly flop*, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header*, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive*, plummet, plunge, pratfall*,… … New thesaurus

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