fall¹ /föl/

1. To descend, esp freely and involuntarily by force of gravity
2. To drop
3. To drop prostrate
4. To throw oneself down
5. To collapse
6. To become lower literally or figuratively (in position, degree, intensity, value, pitch, etc)
7. To die away
8. To subside
9. To abate
10. To ebb
11. To decline
12. To sink
13. (of the face) to relax into an expression of disappointment or dismay
14. To flow downwards
15. To slope or incline down
16. To hang, dangle or trail down
17. To be cast or shed
18. To drop dead or as if dead, esp in a fight
19. To die in battle
20. To be overthrown
21. To come to ruin
22. To lose power, station, virtue or repute
23. To be degraded
24. To be taken or captured
25. To become a victim
26. To yield to temptation
27. To pass into any state or action, to become, to begin to be (as in fall asleep, fall in love, fall a-weeping)
28. To become pregnant (dialect)
29. To rush
30. To become involved
31. To take oneself (to)
32. To come to be
33. To come about
34. To come by chance or as if by chance
35. To come in due course
36. To happen or occur
37. To chance or light (on)
38. To issue or come forth
39. To appertain (to)
40. To be apportioned or assigned (to)
41. To come as one's share, lot, duty, etc
42. To take up a set position
43. To be found at a specific place
44. To be disposed
45. To impinge
46. To lapse
47. To terminate
48. To revert

1. To cause to fall (archaic or US)
2. To let fall (archaic)
3. To get (as what happens to one) (obsolete; Burns)

1. The act, manner, occasion or time of falling or of felling
2. Descent by gravity, a dropping down
3. That which falls
4. As much as comes down at one time
5. Onset
6. Overthrow
7. Descent from a better to a worse position
8. Slope or declivity
9. Descent of water
10. A cascade
11. Length of drop or amount of descent
12. Decrease in value
13. A sinking of the voice
14. A cadence
15. The time when the leaves fall, autumn (chiefly N American)
16. A bout of wrestling
17. The passing of a city or stronghold to the enemy
18. A lapse into sin, esp that of Adam and Eve, ‘the Fall (of Man)’
19. A falling band, a hanging fringe, flap or ornament
20. A lot, chance or fortune (archaic)
21. A lowering or hoisting rope

fallˈen adjective

1. Having fallen
2. Killed, esp in battle
3. Overthrown
4. Seduced
5. In a degraded state, ruined

Those killed in battle

fallˈer noun

fallˈing noun

fallˈ-back adjective

Used as a retreat, or second alternative (also noun)

fallen angel noun

Any of the angels cast out of heaven for rebellion against God

fallen star noun

A gelatinous mass of cyanobacteria (Nostoc, etc) once popularly thought to be of meteoric origin

fallˈfish noun

A N American freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) of the carp family

fall-in see fall in below.

falling band noun

A 17c man's collar of fine material turned down on the shoulders

falling-offˈ noun

A decline

falling-outˈ noun

A quarrel

falling sickness noun (archaic)

Epilepsy

falling star noun

A meteor

falling stone noun

A portion of an exploded meteor

fall line noun

1. The edge of a plateau
2. (in skiing) the natural line of descent on a slope

fallˈ-off noun

A decrease

fallˈout noun

1. A deposit of radioactive dust from a nuclear explosion or plant
2. The aftermath of any explosive occurrence or situation (figurative)
3. A by-product or side benefit (informal)
4. See also fall out below

fallˈ-trap noun

A trap that operates by causing the victim to fall

fall about

To laugh hysterically, to collapse (with laughter)

fall across (archaic)

To meet by chance

fall among

To find oneself in the midst of

fall apart

1. To disintegrate
2. To fail
3. To collapse or go to pieces

fall away

1. To slope down
2. To decline gradually
3. To dwindle or waste away
4. To lose enthusiasm and so leave (a club, etc)
5. To languish
6. To grow lean
7. To revolt or abandon one's beliefs, principles, etc

fall back

To retreat, give way

fall back, fall edge (obsolete)

No matter what may happen

fall back (up)on

To have recourse to as an expedient or resource in reserve

fall behind

1. To lag
2. To be outstripped
3. To get in arrears

fall between two stools

1. To be neither one thing nor the other
2. To succeed in neither of two alternatives

fall down on

To fail in

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