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- pronunciation:
- fawl
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- fall apart, fall asleep, fall back on, fall behind, fall for, fall in love, fall off, fall through, fall under
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
falls, falling, fell, fallen |
| definition 1: |
to drop downward or to a lower position; descend.
The curtain fell.He fell from the top of the tree.
- synonyms:
- descend, drop, plunge
- antonyms:
- ascend, rise
- similar words:
- avalanche, cascade, come down, decline, pitch, topple, tumble
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| definition 2: |
to lessen; abate.
The level of activity fell considerably.- synonyms:
- abate, decrease, diminish, drop, ebb, lessen
- antonyms:
- rise
- similar words:
- decline, dip, drop off, dwindle, fade
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| definition 3: |
to hang down.
His hair fell in curls onto his forehead.- synonyms:
- hang
- similar words:
- dangle, drop
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| definition 4: |
to be slain.
While many of the soldiers fell in battle, others died of illness.- synonyms:
- perish
- similar words:
- croak, die
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| definition 5: |
to be defeated or conquered.
After three days of battle, the city fell to the invaders.- similar words:
- capitulate, succumb, surrender
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| definition 6: |
to happen; occur.
Night fell.- synonyms:
- happen, occur, take place
- similar words:
- befall, betide, come, come to pass
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| definition 7: |
to become; pass into a particular condition or position.
She fell ill.Hiking with a group, he fell behind.- synonyms:
- become
- similar words:
- drop, lapse, slide, take
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| definition 8: |
to enter into a corrupted or broken state (usu. fol. by "into").
He fell into sin.The building fell into disrepair.- synonyms:
- err
- similar words:
- backslide, sin, stray, transgress
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| definition 9: |
of the sight, to be directed to.
Her eyes fell on the lost pearl.- similar words:
- rest
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| related words: |
bag, crash, drape, give way, hail, lose, lower, offend, plunge, rain, ruin, settle, sink, slide, slip, slump, stall, stoop, stream, stumble, trespass, trip |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cut down (a tree) or bring down (an animal or person); fell.
- synonyms:
- fell
- similar words:
- cut down, smite, strike down
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| phrase: |
fall back on, fall off, fall under |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of falling to a lower place.
- synonyms:
- descent, drop, plunge, tumble
- antonyms:
- ascent, rise
- similar words:
- decline, dive, spill, stumble
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| definition 2: |
a sudden decline in elevation.
- similar words:
- decline, descent, drop, lowering
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| definition 3: |
a downward slope.
- synonyms:
- decline, slope
- antonyms:
- rise
- similar words:
- dip, downgrade, slant
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| definition 4: |
(usu. pl.) a sudden drop in a river or stream that causes water to fall; waterfall.
- synonyms:
- cascade, waterfall
- similar words:
- cataract
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| definition 5: |
autumn.
- synonyms:
- autumn
- similar words:
- Indian summer
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| definition 6: |
a succumbing to temptation or seduction.
- similar words:
- error, lapse, original sin, sin, transgression, trespass
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| definition 7: |
something that drops down or falls.
a fall of hair- synonyms:
- cascade
- similar words:
- rain
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| definition 8: |
a defeat or capture, as of a military force or a city.
- synonyms:
- capture, defeat
- similar words:
- overthrow, sack, surrender
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| definition 9: |
in wrestling, the act of pinning an opponent's shoulders against the mat for a certain brief length of time.
- similar words:
- hold, pinning
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| related words: |
bathos, collapse, decrease, down, harvest, overturn, trip, tumble |
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| phrase: |
fall apart, fall asleep, fall behind, fall for, fall in love, fall through |
| derivation: |
falling (n.) |
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