Meaning & Definition of Fall in English

1. The season when the leaves fall from the trees

• "In the fall of 1973"

2. A sudden drop from an upright position

• "He had a nasty spill on the ice"

3. The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of adam and eve

• "Women have been blamed ever since the fall"

4. A downward slope or bend

5. A lapse into sin

• A loss of innocence or of chastity

• "A fall from virtue"

6. A sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• "The fall of the house of hapsburg"

7. A movement downward

• "The rise and fall of the tides"

8. The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

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

9. The time of day immediately following sunset

• "He loved the twilight"

• "They finished before the fall of night"

10. When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

11. A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

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

12. A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• "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"

1. Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

• "The branch fell from the tree"

• "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"

2. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

• "The temperature is going down"

• "The barometer is falling"

• "The curtain fell on the diva"

• "Her hand went up and then fell again"

3. Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind

• "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"

4. Come under, be classified or included

• "Fall into a category"

• "This comes under a new heading"

5. Fall from clouds

• "Rain, snow and sleet were falling"

• "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on herculaneum"

6. Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

• "We must stand or fall"

• "Fall by the wayside"

7. Die, as in battle or in a hunt

• "Many soldiers fell at verdun"

• "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"

• "The shooting victim fell dead"

8. Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• "Light fell on her face"

• "The sun shone on the fields"

• "The light struck the golden necklace"

• "A strange sound struck my ears"

9. Be captured

• "The cities fell to the enemy"

10. Occur at a specified time or place

• "Christmas falls on a monday this year"

• "The accent falls on the first syllable"

11. Decrease in size, extent, or range

• "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"

12. Yield to temptation or sin

• "Adam and eve fell"

13. Lose office or power

• "The government fell overnight"

• "The qing dynasty fell with sun yat-sen"

14. To be given by assignment or distribution

• "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"

15. Move in a specified direction

• "The line of men fall forward"

16. Be due

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

17. Lose one's chastity

• "A fallen woman"

18. To be given by right or inheritance

• "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"

19. Come into the possession of

• "The house accrued to the oldest son"

20. Fall to somebody by assignment or lot

• "The task fell to me"

• "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

21. Be inherited by

• "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"

22. Slope downward

• "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"

23. Lose an upright position suddenly

• "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"

• "Her hair fell across her forehead"

24. Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

• "She fell back in her chair"

• "He fell to his knees"

25. Fall or flow in a certain way

• "This dress hangs well"

• "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

26. Assume a disappointed or sad expression

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

• "His crest fell"

27. Be cast down

• "His eyes fell"

28. Come out

• Issue

• "Silly phrases fell from her mouth"

29. Be born, used chiefly of lambs

• "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

30. Begin vigorously

• "The prisoners fell to work right away"

31. Go as if by falling

• "Grief fell from our hearts"

32. Come as if by falling

• "Night fell"

• "Silence fell"