Fall word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
[noun] a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
[noun] a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"
[noun] 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"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
[noun] a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
[noun] a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"
[noun] a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
[noun] when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
[noun] the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
[noun] a downward slope or bend
[noun] the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
[noun] the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
[verb] 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"
[verb] decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
[verb] come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
[verb] go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
[verb] occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
[verb] begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
[verb] be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
[verb] come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
[verb] be cast down; "his eyes fell"

\Fall\ (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell}; p. p. {Fallen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa`llein to cause to fall, Skr. sphal, sphul, to tremble. Cf. {Fail}, {Fell}, v. t., to cause to fall.] 1. To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer. I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. --Luke x. 18. 2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees. I fell at his feet to worship him. --Rev. xix. 10. 3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean. 4. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle. A thousand shall fall at thy side. --Ps. xci. 7. He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell. --Byron. 5. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls. 6. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals. --Shak. 7. To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points. I am a poor falle man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master. --Shak. The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished. --Sir J. Davies. 8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed. Heaven and earth will witness, If Rome must fall, that we are innocent. --Addison. 9. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. --Heb. iv. 11. 10. To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties. 11. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance. Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. --Gen. iv. 5. I have observed of late thy looks are fallen. --Addison. 12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes. 13. To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation. 14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate. The Romans fell on this model by chance. --Swift. Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall. --Ruth. iii. 18. They do not make laws, they fall into customs. --H. Spencer. 15. To come; to occur; to arrive. The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten days sooner. --Holder. 16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows. They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 17. To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals. 18. To belong or appertain. If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. --Pope. 19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him. {To fall abroad of} (Naut.), to strike against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with another. {To fall among}, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly. {To fall astern} (Naut.), to move or be driven backward; to be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a current, or when outsailed by another. {To fall away}.
(a) To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine.
(b) To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel.
(c) To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize. ``These . . . for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.'' --Luke viii. 13.
(d) To perish; to vanish; to be lost. ``How . . . can the soul . . . fall away into nothing?'' --Addison.
(e) To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint. ``One color falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly.'' --Addison. {To fall back}.
(a) To recede or retreat; to give way.
(b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to fulfill. {To fall back upon}.
(a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of troops).
(b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some available expedient or support). {To fall calm}, to cease to blow; to become calm. {To fall down}.
(a) To prostrate one's self in worship. ``All kings shall fall down before him.'' --Ps. lxxii. 11.
(b) To sink; to come to the ground. ``Down fell the beauteous youth.'' --Dryden.
(c) To bend or bow, as a suppliant.
(d) (Naut.) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. {To fall flat}, to produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat. {To fall foul of}.
(a) (Naut.) To have a collision with; to become entangled with
(b) To attack; to make an assault upon. {To fall from}, to recede or depart from; not to adhere to; as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from allegiance or duty. {To fall from grace} (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from the faith. {To fall home} (Ship Carp.), to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.

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