fall in WordNet English dictionary

1. come into the possession of
   "The house accrued to the oldest son"
   accrue  fall 
   
2. come under, be classified or included
   "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
   fall  come 
   
3. 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"
   descend  fall  go down  come down 
   
4. fall from clouds
   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
   precipitate  come down  fall 
   
5. 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"
   decrease  diminish  lessen  fall 
   
6. come as if by falling
   "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
   fall  descend  settle 
   
7. 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"
   fall  return  pass  devolve 
   
8. occur at a specified time or place
   "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
   fall 
   
9. 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"
   fall 
   
10. be born, used chiefly of lambs
    "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
    fall 
    
11. come out; issue
    "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
    fall 
    
12. assume a disappointed or sad expression
    "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
    fall 
    
13. begin vigorously
    "The prisoners fell to work right away"
    fall 
    
14. be cast down
    "his eyes fell"
    fall 
    
15. go as if by falling
    "Grief fell from our hearts"
    fall 
    
16. fall or flow in a certain way
    "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
    hang  fall  flow 
    
17. move in a specified direction
    "The line of men fall forward"
    fall 
    
18. descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
    "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
    fall 
    
19. slope downward
    "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
    fall 
    
20. drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
    "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
    fall 
    
21. lose an upright position suddenly
    "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
    fall  fall down 
    
22. 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"
    fall 
    
23. be captured
    "The cities fell to the enemy"
    fall 
    
24. fall to somebody by assignment or lot
    "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
    fall  light 
    
25. to be given by right or inheritance
    "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
    fall 
    
26. lose office or power
    "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
    fall 
    
27. yield to temptation or sin
    "Adam and Eve fell"
    fall 
    
28. suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
    "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
    fall 
    
29. lose one's chastity
    "a fallen woman"
    fall 
    
30. 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"
    fall 
    
31. be due
    "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
    fall 
    
32. 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"
    fall  shine  strike 
    

1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees
   "in the fall of 1973"
   fall  autumn 
   
2. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
   "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
   capitulation  fall  surrender 
   
3. the time of day immediately following sunset
   "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
   twilight  dusk  gloaming  gloam  nightfall  evenfall  fall  crepuscule  crepuscle 
   
4. a downward slope or bend
   descent  declivity  fall  decline  declination  declension  downslope 
   
5. 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"
   drop  dip  fall  free fall 
   
6. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
   "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
   fall  downfall 
   
7. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
   "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
   drop  fall 
   
8. a sudden drop from an upright position
   "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
   spill  tumble  fall 
   
9. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
   "a fall from virtue"
   fall 
   
10. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
    fall  pin 
    
11. a movement downward
    "the rise and fall of the tides"
    fall