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  1. verb
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    "The barometer is falling"
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  2. noun
    the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

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  3. verb
    come into the possession of

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  4. noun
    when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

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  5. verb
    fall from clouds
    "rain, snow and sleet were falling"

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  6. verb
    lose an upright position suddenly

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  7. noun
    a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
    "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

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  8. verb
    fall or flow in a certain way

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  9. verb
    fall to somebody by assignment or lot

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  10. noun
    a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
    "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

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  11. noun
    a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

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  12. verb
    touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

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  13. verb
    decrease in size, extent, or range

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  14. verb
    come as if by falling

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  15. noun
    a downward slope or bend
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  16. noun
    the season when the leaves fall from the trees
    "in the fall of 1973"

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  17. noun
    the time of day immediately following sunset
    "they finished before the fall of night"
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  18. noun
    a sudden drop from an upright position

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  19. verb
    come under, be classified or included
    "fall into a category"

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    be
  20. verb
    be inherited by

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  21. noun
    a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
    "a fall from virtue"
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  22. noun
    a movement downward
    "the rise and fall of the tides"
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  23. verb
    assume a disappointed or sad expression
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  24. verb
    be born, used chiefly of lambs
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  25. verb
    be captured
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  26. verb
    be cast down
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  27. verb
    be due
    "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
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    be
  28. verb
    begin vigorously
  29. verb
    come out; issue
  30. verb
    descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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  31. verb
    die, as in battle or in a hunt
    "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"
  32. verb
    drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
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  33. verb
    go as if by falling
  34. verb
    lose office or power
  35. verb
    lose one's chastity
    "a fallen woman"
  36. verb
    move in a specified direction
    "The line of men fall forward"
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  37. verb
    occur at a specified time or place
    "Christmas falls on a Monday this year" "The accent falls on the first syllable"
  38. verb
    pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
    "fall into a trap" "fall asleep" "fall prey to an imposter" "fall into a strange way of thinking"
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  39. verb
    slope downward
    "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
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  40. verb
    suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
    "We must stand or fall" "fall by the wayside"
  41. noun
    the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
  42. verb
    to be given by assignment or distribution
  43. verb
    to be given by right or inheritance
  44. verb
    yield to temptation or sin
Definition that contains fall
  • break fall sharply
  • light fall to somebody by assignment or lot
  • hang fall or flow in a certain way
  • fall fall or flow in a certain way
  • fall fall to somebody by assignment or lot
  • fall fall from clouds
  • drop fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
  • drop fall or descend to a lower place or level
  • snow fall as snow
  • crash fall or come down violently
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