fall

verb

1. To descend freely by the force of gravity

   "An apple fell from the tree."

2. To hang freely

   "her hair falls over her shoulders"

3. To drop oneself to a lower position

   "fell to his knees"

4. To come or go as if by falling

   "darkness falls early in the winter"

5. To become born
6. To become lower in degree or level

   "the temperature fell 10°"

7. To drop in pitch or volume

   "their voices fell to a whisper"

8. Issue

   "wisdom that fell from his lips"

9. To become lowered

   "her eyes fell"

10. To leave an erect position suddenly and involuntarily

    "slipped and fell on the ice"

11. To enter as if unawares stumble, stray

    "fell into error"

12. To drop down wounded or dead
13. To suffer military capture

    "after a long siege the city fell"

14. To lose office

    "the party fell from power"

15. To suffer ruin, defeat, or failure

    "the deal fell through"

16. To commit an immoral act

    "but man willfully misused his God-given freedom and fell into sin"

17. To move or extend in a downward direction

    "the land falls away to the east"

18. Subside, abate

    "the wind is falling"

19. To decline in quality, activity, or quantity

    "production fell off"

20. To lose weight
21. To assume a look of shame, disappointment, or dejection

    "his face fell"

22. To decline in financial value or price

    "stocks fell sharply"

23. To occur at a certain time

    "her birthday falls on a Monday this year"

24. To come by chance

    "a job that fell into his hands"

25. To come or pass by lot, assignment, or inheritance devolve

    "it fell to him to break the news"

26. To have a certain or proper position, place, or station

    "the accent falls on the second syllable"

27. To come within the limits, scope, or jurisdiction of something

    "this word falls into the class of verbs"

28. To pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind or a new state or condition

    "fall asleep"

29. To set about heartily or actively

    "fell to work"

30. Strike, impinge

    "music falling on the ear"

31. Fell

noun

1. The act of falling by the force of gravity
2. A falling out, off, or away dropping

   "the fall of leaves"

3. The season when leaves fall from trees autumn
4. A thing or quantity that falls} or has {a_link

   "a fall of rock at the base of the cliff"

5. A costume decoration of lace or thin fabric arranged to hang loosely and gracefully
6. A very wide turned-down collar worn in the 17th century
7. The part of a turnover collar from the crease to the outer edge
8. A wide front flap on trousers (such as those worn by sailors)
9. The freely hanging lower edge of the skirt of a coat
10. One of the three outer and often drooping segments of the flower of an iris compare standard
11. Long hair overhanging the face of dogs of some breeds
12. A usually long straight portion of hair that is attached to a person's own hair
13. A hoisting-tackle rope or chain
14. Loss of greatness collapse

    "the fall of the Roman Empire"

15. The surrender or capture of a besieged place

    "the fall of Troy"

16. Lapse or departure from innocence or goodness
17. Loss of a woman's chastity
18. The blame for a failure or misdeed

    "took the fall for the robbery"

19. The downward slope (as of a hill) declivity
20. A precipitous descent of water waterfall
21. A musical cadence
22. A falling-pitch intonation in speech
23. A decrease in size, quantity, degree, or value
24. The distance which something falls
25. Inclination, pitch
26. The act of felling something
27. The quantity of trees cut down
28. Destiny, lot

adjective

1. Of, relating to, or suitable for autumn

   "a new fall coat"

noun

1. The season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically extending from the September equinox to the December solstice
2. A period of maturity or incipient decline

   "in the autumn of life"

noun

1. A migratory American noctuid moth (Spodoptera frugiperda) that is destructive to grains and grasses as a larva

verb

1. To withdraw friendship or support
2. To renounce one's faith
3. To diminish gradually in size
4. To drift off a course

verb

1. Retreat, recede

verb

1. To fail to meet expectations or requirements

   "fell down on the job"

noun

1. Scapegoat

   "a fall guy for his boss's errors"