What is the meaning of the word "fall"?

Definitions:

  1. a movement downward copy to clipboard noun
    • the rise and fall of the tides copy to clipboard
  2. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance copy to clipboard noun
    • the fall of the House of Hapsburg copy to clipboard
  3. be due copy to clipboard verb
    • payments fall on the 1st of the month copy to clipboard
  4. come under, be classified or included copy to clipboard verb
    • fall into a category copy to clipboard
  5. fall from clouds copy to clipboard verb
    • rain, snow and sleet were falling copy to clipboard
  6. lose one's chastity copy to clipboard verb
    • a fallen woman copy to clipboard
  7. move in a specified direction copy to clipboard verb
    • The line of men fall forward copy to clipboard
  8. occur at a specified time or place copy to clipboard verb
    • Christmas falls on a Monday this year copy to clipboard
  9. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind copy to clipboard verb
    • fall into a trap copy to clipboard
  10. slope downward copy to clipboard verb
    • The hills around here fall towards the ocean copy to clipboard
  11. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin copy to clipboard verb
    • We must stand or fall copy to clipboard
  12. the season when the leaves fall from the trees copy to clipboard noun
    • in the fall of 1973 copy to clipboard

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