Definitions For Fall

noun

• The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
• A sudden drop from an upright position
• A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
• A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
• A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
• A movement downward
• A sudden decline in strength or number or importance
• When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
• The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
• A downward slope or bend
• The time of day immediately following sunset
• The season when the leaves fall from the trees

verb

• Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
• Decrease in size, extent, or range
• Come as if by falling
• Go as if by falling
• Occur at a specified time or place
• Begin vigorously
• Be born, used chiefly of lambs
• Come out; issue
• Be cast down
• Assume a disappointed or sad expression
• Fall or flow in a certain way
• Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
• Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
• Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
• Lose an upright position suddenly
• Slope downward
• Move in a specified direction
• Be inherited by
• Fall to somebody by assignment or lot
• Come into the possession of
• Be captured
• To be given by assignment or distribution
• To be given by right or inheritance
• Lose office or power
• Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
• Yield to temptation or sin
• Lose one's chastity
• Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
• Die, as in battle or in a hunt
• Be due
• Come under, be classified or included
• Fall from clouds
• To come or go down quickly from a high place or position
• To come or go down suddenly from a standing position
• To let yourself come or go down to a lower position