fall

/fɔl/ verbnoun
4 letters1 syllable7 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS30
VERB
1

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

“The barometer is falling”

2

Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.

3

Decrease in size, extent, or range.

4

Come as if by falling.

5

Come under, be classified or included.

“fall into a category”

6

Be inherited by.

7

Assume a disappointed or sad expression.

8

Be born, used chiefly of lambs.

9

Be captured.

10

Be cast down.

11

Be due.

“payments fall on the 1st of the month”

12

Begin vigorously.

13

Come out; issue.

14

Come into the possession of.

15

Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.

16

Die, as in battle or in a hunt.

“Several deer have fallen to the same gun”

17

Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.

18

Go as if by falling.

19

Lose office or power.

20

Lose one's chastity.

“a fallen woman”

21

Move in a specified direction.

“The line of men fall forward”

NOUN
1

A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.

“when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall”

2

A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.

3

A downward slope or bend.

4

The season when the leaves fall from the trees.

“in the fall of 1973”

5

The time of day immediately following sunset.

“they finished before the fall of night”

6

A sudden drop from an upright position.

7

The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).

8

A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.

“a fall from virtue”

9

A movement downward.

“the rise and fall of the tides”

WORD FORMS
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Starts & ends withF … L
Syllablesfall
SYNONYMS & RELATED38
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