fall

Plural: falls

Noun

the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- "in the fall of 1973"
a sudden drop from an upright position
the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
- "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
a downward slope or bend
a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- "a fall from virtue"
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
a movement downward
- "the rise and fall of the tides"
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
the time of day immediately following sunset
- "they finished before the fall of night"
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
A loss of greatness or status.
That which falls or cascades.
The height of that which falls or cascades.
A crucial event or circumstance.
The action of a batsman being out.
A crucial event or circumstance.
A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
A crucial event or circumstance.
An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
The chasing of a hunted whale.

Verb

Verb Forms: fell, fallen, falling, falls

To descend under gravity; to drop or decrease.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- "The barometer is falling"
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- "fall into a trap"
- "Fall in love"
- "fall asleep"
- "fall prey to an imposter"
- "fall into a strange way of thinking"
come under, be classified or included
- "fall into a category"
fall from clouds
- "rain, snow and sleet were falling"
suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- "We must stand or fall"
- "fall by the wayside"
die, as in battle or in a hunt
- "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
be captured
occur at a specified time or place
- "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"
- "The accent falls on the first syllable"
decrease in size, extent, or range
yield to temptation or sin
lose office or power
to be given by assignment or distribution
move in a specified direction
- "The line of men fall forward"
be due
- "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
lose one's chastity
- "a fallen woman"
to be given by right or inheritance
come into the possession of
fall to somebody by assignment or lot
be inherited by
slope downward
- "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
lose an upright position suddenly
drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
fall or flow in a certain way
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 as if by falling
To be moved downwards.
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
To be moved downwards.
To come down, to drop or descend.
To be moved downwards.
To come as if by dropping down.
To be moved downwards.
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
To be moved downwards.
To be brought to the ground.
To move downwards.
To let fall; to drop.
To move downwards.
To sink; to depress.
To move downwards.
To fell; to cut down.
To change, often negatively.
To become.
To change, often negatively.
To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
To change, often negatively.
To die, especially in battle or by disease.
To change, often negatively.
To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
To diminish; to lessen or lower.
To bring forth.
To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
To visit; to go to a place.

Intj

The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.

Examples

After arguing, they fell to blows.
An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.
An unguarded expression fell from his lips.
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
fall silent, fall sick, fall pregnant, fall victim to something
Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
He set up his rival to take the fall.
I fell unconscious on the floor.
Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
She has fallen ill.
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.
The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
The children fell asleep in the back of the car.
The estate fell to his brother.
the fall of Rome
the fall of the snow
the fall of the water
The kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
The rain fell at dawn.
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
to fall a tree
to fall into error; to fall into difficulties
to fall lambs
to fall the voice
Watch your scores FALL if you don’t manage your rack effectively in Scrabble.
We'll fall over to the club tonight.
When did you first fall in love?

Origin / Etymology

Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”).
Cognate with West Frisian falle (“to fall”), Low German fallen (“to fall”), Dutch vallen (“to fall”), German fallen (“to fall”), Danish falde (“to fall”), Norwegian Bokmål falle (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk falla (“to fall”), Icelandic falla (“to fall”), Lithuanian pùlti (“to attack, rush”).
Noun from Middle English fal, fall, falle, from Old English feall, ġefeall (“a falling, fall”) and Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”). Cognate with Dutch val, German Fall (“fall”) and German Falle (“trap, snare”), Danish fald, Swedish fall, Icelandic fall.
Sense of "autumn" is attested by the 1660s in England as a shortening of fall of the leaf (1540s), from the falling of leaves during this season. Along with autumn, it mostly replaced the older name harvest as that name began to be associated strictly with the act of harvesting. Compare spring, which began as a shortening of “spring of the leaf”.

Synonyms

accrue, autumn, capitulation, come, come down, crepuscle, crepuscule, declension, declination, decline, declivity, decrease, descend, descent, devolve, diminish, dip, downfall, downslope, drop, dusk, evenfall, fall down, flow, free fall, gloam, gloaming, go down, hang, lessen, light, nightfall, pass, pin, precipitate, return, settle, shine, spill, strike, surrender, tumble, twilight, back end, be beat by, be defeat by, be overthrow by, be smitten by, be the responsibility of, be up to, be vanquish by, become, cut down, die, fell, get, harvest, knock down, knock over, lower oneself, lowering, plummet, plunge, prostrate oneself, rap, reduction, strike down

Antonyms

ascend, ascent, increase, rise, beat, defeat, get up, go up, overthrow, pick oneself up, smite, stand up, vanquish

Scrabble Score: 7

fall: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fall: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fall: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

fall: valid Words With Friends Word