Definition as Noun

• the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
• a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
• a movement downward
• the season when the leaves fall from the trees
• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
• a downward slope or bend
• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
• a sudden drop from an upright position
• the time of day immediately following sunset

Definition as Verb

• descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
• pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
• suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
• die, as in battle or in a hunt
• be captured
• occur at a specified time or place
• yield to temptation or sin
• lose office or power
• to be given by assignment or distribution
• move in a specified direction
• be due
• lose one's chastity
• to be given by right or inheritance
• slope downward
• drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
• assume a disappointed or sad expression
• be cast down
• come out; issue
• be born, used chiefly of lambs
• begin vigorously
• go as if by falling
• come into the possession of
• come under, be classified or included
• decrease in size, extent, or range
• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
• come as if by falling
• lose an upright position suddenly
• fall or flow in a certain way
• fall to somebody by assignment or lot
• fall from clouds
• be inherited by
• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• autumn

• capitulation, surrender

• descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope

• downfall

• drop

• drop, dip, free fall

• pin

• spill, tumble

• twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle

• accrue

• come

• decrease, diminish, lessen

• descend, go down, come down

• descend, settle

• fall down

• hang, flow

• light

• precipitate, come down

• return, pass, devolve

• shine, strike

• "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

• "a fall from virtue"

• "the rise and fall of the tides"

• "in the fall of 1973"

• "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

• "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

• "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

• "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"

• "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

• "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

• "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"

• "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"

• "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"

• "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"

• "The cities fell to the enemy"

• "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"

• "Adam and Eve fell"

• "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

• "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"

• "The line of men fall forward"

• "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

• "a fallen woman"

• "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"

• "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"

• "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"

• "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"

• "his eyes fell"

• "silly phrases fell from her mouth"

• "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

• "The prisoners fell to work right away"

• "Grief fell from our hearts"

• "The house accrued to the oldest son"

• "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

• "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

• "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

• "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

• "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"

• "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

• "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

• "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

• "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

• "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"

• Fall vs autumn
• Fall vs capitulation
• Fall vs surrender
• Fall vs descent
• Fall vs declivity
• Fall vs decline
• Fall vs declination
• Fall vs declension
• Fall vs downslope
• Fall vs downfall
• Fall vs drop
• Fall vs dip
• Fall vs free fall
• Fall vs pin
• Fall vs spill
• Fall vs tumble
• Fall vs twilight
• Fall vs dusk
• Fall vs gloaming
• Fall vs gloam
• Fall vs nightfall
• Fall vs evenfall
• Fall vs crepuscule
• Fall vs crepuscle
• Fall vs accrue
• Fall vs come
• Fall vs decrease
• Fall vs diminish
• Fall vs lessen
• Fall vs descend
• Fall vs go down
• Fall vs come down
• Fall vs settle
• Fall vs fall down
• Fall vs hang
• Fall vs flow
• Fall vs light
• Fall vs precipitate
• Fall vs return
• Fall vs pass
• Fall vs devolve
• Fall vs shine
• Fall vs strike