What is the meaning of the word "fall"?
Definitions:
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a movement downward
noun
- the rise and fall of the tides
- the rise and fall of the tides
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a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
noun
- the fall of the House of Hapsburg
- the fall of the House of Hapsburg
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be due
verb
- payments fall on the 1st of the month
- payments fall on the 1st of the month
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come under, be classified or included
verb
- fall into a category
- fall into a category
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fall from clouds
verb
- rain, snow and sleet were falling
- rain, snow and sleet were falling
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lose one's chastity
verb
- a fallen woman
- a fallen woman
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move in a specified direction
verb
- The line of men fall forward
- The line of men fall forward
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occur at a specified time or place
verb
- Christmas falls on a Monday this year
- Christmas falls on a Monday this year
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pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
verb
- fall into a trap
- fall into a trap
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slope downward
verb
- The hills around here fall towards the ocean
- The hills around here fall towards the ocean
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suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
verb
- We must stand or fall
- We must stand or fall
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
noun
- in the fall of 1973
- in the fall of 1973
Synonyms:
- accrue
- autumn
- come
- come down
- crepuscle
- crepuscule
- declension
- declination
- decline
- declivity
- decrease
- descend
- descent
- diminish
- dip
- downfall
- downslope
- drop
- dusk
- evenfall
- fall down
- flow
- free fall
- gloam
- gloaming
- go down
- hang
- lessen
- light
- nightfall
- pin
- precipitate
- return
- settle
- spill
- strike
- surrender
- tumble
- twilight