fall
noun
1 fall
The season when the leaves fall from the trees:
— In the fall of 1973.
synonym: autumn.
Roget 283:
regress,
regression;
retrocession†,
retrogression,
retrograduation†,
retroaction;
reculade†;
retreat,
withdrawal,
retirement,
remigration†;
recession
etc.
(motion from)
287;
recess;
crab-like motion.
refluence†,
reflux;
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb,
return;
resilience reflection,
reflexion [Brit.]
(recoil)
277;
flip-flop,
volte-face [Fr.].
counter motion,
retrograde motion,
backward movement,
motion in reverse,
counter movement,
counter march;
veering,
tergiversation,
recidivation†,
backsliding,
fall;
deterioration
etc.
659;
recidivism,
recidivity†.
reversal,
relapse,
turning point
etc.
(reversion)
145.
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Roget 360:
death;
decease,
demise;
dissolution,
departure,
obit,
release,
rest,
quietus,
fall;
loss,
bereavement;
mortality,
morbidity.
end of life
etc.
67,
cessation of life
etc.
142,
loss of life,
extinction of life,
ebb of life
etc.
359.
death warrant,
death watch,
death rattle,
death bed;
stroke of death,
agonies of death,
shades of death,
valley of death,
jaws of death,
hand of death;
last breath,
last gasp,
last agonies;
dying day,
dying breath,
dying agonies;
chant du cygne [Fr.];
rigor mortis [Lat.];
Stygian shore.
King of terrors,
King Death;
Death;
doom
etc.
(necessity)
601;
Hell's grim Tyrant"
[Pope].
euthanasia;
break up of the system;
natural death,
natural decay;
sudden death,
violent death;
untimely end,
watery grave;
debt of nature;
suffocation,
asphyxia;
fatal disease
etc.
(disease)
655;
death blow
etc.
(killing)
361.
necrology,
bills of mortality,
obituary;
death song
etc.
(lamentation)
839.
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Dutch: herfst
Polish: jesień
2 fall
A sudden drop from an upright position.
synonyms: spill, tumble.
Dutch: valpartij
Polish: upadek
3 Fall
The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
4 fall
A downward slope or bend.
synonyms: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope.
Roget 306:
descent,
descension†,
declension,
declination;
fall;
falling
etc.
v.;
slump;
drop,
plunge,
plummet,
cadence;
subsidence,
collapse,
lapse;
downfall,
tumble,
slip,
tilt,
trip,
lurch;
cropper,
culbute†;
titubation†,
stumble;
fate of Icarus.
avalanche,
debacle,
landslip,
landslide.
declivity,
dip,
hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling]
rappel.
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Roget 217:
obliquity,
inclination,
slope,
slant,
crookedness
etc.
adj.;
slopeness†;
leaning
etc.
v.;
bevel,
tilt;
bias,
list,
twist,
swag,
cant,
lurch;
distortion
etc.
243;
bend
etc.
(curve)
245;
tower of Pisa.
acclivity,
rise,
ascent,
gradient,
khudd†,
rising ground,
hill,
bank,
declivity,
downhill,
dip,
fall,
devexity†;
gentle slope,
rapid slope,
easy ascent,
easy descent;
shelving beach;
talus;
monagne Russe [Fr.];
facilis descensus averni [Lat.].
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Dutch: achteruitgang, afdaling, afkomst, afname, daling, helling, terugval, verval
5 fall
A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.
6 fall
A sudden decline in strength or number or importance:
— The fall of the House of Hapsburg.
synonym: downfall.
Roget 162:
destruction;
waste,
dissolution,
breaking up;
diruption†,
disruption;
consumption;
disorganization.
fall,
downfall,
devastation,
ruin,
perdition,
crash;
eboulement [Fr.],
smash,
havoc,
delabrement [Fr.],
debacle;
break down,
break up,
fall apart;
prostration;
desolation,
bouleversement [Fr.],
wreck,
wrack,
shipwreck,
cataclysm;
washout.
extinction,
annihilation;
destruction of life
etc.
361;
knock-down blow;
doom,
crack of doom.
destroying
etc.
v.;
demolition,
demolishment;
overthrow,
subversion,
suppression;
abolition
etc.
(abrogation)
756;
biblioclasm†;
sacrifice;
ravage,
razzia†;
inactivation;
incendiarism;
revolution
etc.
146;
extirpation
etc.
(extraction)
301;
beginning of the end,
commencement de la fin [Fr.],
road to ruin;
dilapidation
etc.
(deterioration)
659;
sabotage.
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Roget 735:
adversity,
evil
etc.
619;
failure
etc.
732;
bad luck,
ill luck,
evil luck,
adverse luck,
hard fortune,
hard hap,
hard luck,
hard lot;
frowns of fortune;
evil dispensation,
evil star,
evil genius†;
vicissitudes of life,
ups and downs of life,
broken fortunes;
hard case,
hard lines,
hard life;
sea of troubles;
peck of troubles;
hell upon earth;
slough of despond.
trouble,
hardship,
curse,
blight,
blast,
load,
pressure.
pressure of the times,
iron age,
evil day,
time out of joint;
hard times,
bad times,
sad times;
rainy day,
cloud,
dark cloud,
gathering clouds,
ill wind;
visitation,
infliction;
affliction
etc.
(painfulness)
830;
bitter pill;
care,
trial;
the sport of fortune.
mishap,
mischance,
misadventure,
misfortune;
disaster,
calamity,
catastrophe;
accident,
casualty,
cross,
reverse,
check,
contretemps,
rub;
backset†,
comedown,
setback [U.S.].
losing game;
falling
etc.
v.;
fall,
downfall;
ruination,
ruinousness;
undoing;
extremity;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
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Roget 732:
failure;
nonsuccess†,
nonfulfillment;
dead failure,
successlessness†;
abortion,
miscarriage;
brutum fulmen
etc.
158 [Lat.];
labor in vain
etc.
(inutility)
645;
no go;
inefficacy†;
inefficaciousness
etc.
adj.;
vain attempt,
ineffectual attempt,
abortive attempt,
abortive efforts;
flash in the pan,
lame and impotent conclusion"
[Othello];
frustration;
slip 'twixt cup and lip
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
fault,
omission,
miss,
oversight,
slip,
trip,
stumble,
claudication†,
footfall;
false step,
wrong step;
faux pas [Fr.],
titubation†,
b_evue [Fr.],
faute [Fr.],
lurch;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
scrape,
mess,
fiasco,
breakdown;
flunk [U.S.].
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
split,
collapse,
smash,
blow,
explosion.
repulse,
rebuff,
defeat,
rout,
overthrow,
discomfiture;
beating,
drubbing;
quietus,
nonsuit†,
subjugation;
checkmate,
stalemate,
fool's mate.
fall,
downfall,
ruin,
perdition;
wreck
etc.
(destruction)
162;
deathblow;
bankruptcy
etc.
(nonpayment)
808.
losing game,
affaire flamb_ee.
victim;
bankrupt;
flunker†,
flunky [U.S.].
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Dutch: neergang, ondergang, teloorgang, val
Polish: upadek
7 fall
8 fall
The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).
synonyms: capitulation, surrender.
Dutch: capitulatie
Polish: kapitulacja
9 fall
The time of day immediately following sunset:
— They finished before the fall of night.
synonyms: crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight.
Roget 126:
evening,
eve;
decline of day,
fall of day,
close of day;
candlelight,
candlelighting†;
eventide,
nightfall,
curfew,
dusk,
twilight,
eleventh hour;
sunset,
sundown;
going down of the sun,
cock-shut,
dewy eve,
gloaming,
bedtime.
afternoon,
postmeridian,
p. m.
autumn,
fall,
fall of the leaf;
autumnal equinox;
Indian summer,
St. Luke's summer,
St. Martin's summer.
midnight;
dead of night,
witching hour,
witching hour of night,
witching time of night;
winter;
killing time.
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Dutch: avondschemering, schemering
10 fall
When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
synonym: pin.
11 fall
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.
synonym: drop.
Dutch: smak, val
Polish: upadnięcie, spadnięcie, padnięcie
12 fall
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity:
— When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall.
synonyms: dip, drop, free fall.
verb
1 fall
Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
Dutch: kukelen, mieteren, duvelen, lazeren, donderen, vallen
2 fall
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way:
— The barometer is falling.
synonyms: come down, descend, go down.
Roget 306:
descend;
go down,
drop down,
come down;
fall,
gravitate,
drop,
slip,
slide,
rappel,
settle;
plunge,
plummet,
crash;
decline,
set,
sink,
droop,
come down a peg;
slump.
dismount,
alight,
light,
get down;
swoop;
stoop
etc.
308;
fall prostrate,
precipitate oneself;
let fall
etc.
308.
tumble,
trip,
stumble,
titubate†,
lurch,
pitch,
swag,
topple,
topple over,
tumble over,
topple down,
tumble down;
tilt,
sprawl,
plump down,
come down a cropper.
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Dutch: afdalen, dalen, zakken
3 fall
Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
Dutch: vallen
4 fall
Come under, be classified or included:
— Fall into a category.
synonym: come.
5 fall
6 fall
Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
Dutch: vallen
7 fall
Die, as in battle or in a hunt.
Dutch: sneuvelen, sneven, vallen
8 fall
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
synonyms: shine, strike.
9 fall
10 fall
Occur at a specified time or place.
Dutch: vallen
11 fall
Decrease in size, extent, or range.
synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen.
Dutch: achteruitlopen, afnemen, minderen, slabakken, teruglopen, verminderen
12 fall
Yield to temptation or sin.
Roget 945:
be vicious
etc.
adj.;
sin,
commit sin,
do amiss,
err,
transgress;
misdemean oneself†,
forget oneself,
misconduct oneself;
misdo†,
misbehave;
fall,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass;
deviate from the line of duty,
deviate from the path of virtue
etc.
944;
take a wrong course,
go astray;
hug a sin,
hug a fault;
sow one's wild oats.
render vicious
etc.
adj.;
demoralize,
brutalize;
corrupt
etc.
(degrade)
659.
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Roget 732:
fail;
be unsuccessful
etc.
adj.;
not succeed
etc.
731;
make vain efforts
etc.
n.;
do in vain,
labor in vain,
toil in vain;
flunk [U.S.];
lose one's labor,
take nothing by one's motion;
bring to naught,
make nothing of;
wash a blackamoor white
etc.
(impossible)
471;
roll the stones of Sisyphus
etc.
(useless)
645;
do by halves
etc.
(not complete)
730;
lose ground
etc.
(recede)
282;
fall short of
etc.
304.
miss,
miss one's aim,
miss the mark,
miss one's footing,
miss stays;
slip,
trip,
stumble;
make a slip
etc.
n..
blunder
etc.
495,
make a mess of,
make a botch of;
bitch it†,
miscarry,
abort,
go up like a rocket and come down like the stick,
come down in flames,
get shot down,
reckon without one's host;
get the wrong pig by the tail,
get the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(blunder),
)mismanage)
699.
limp,
halt,
hobble,
titubate†;
fall,
tumble;
lose one's balance;
fall to the ground,
fall between two stools;
flounder,
falter,
stick in the mud,
run aground,
split upon a rock;
beat one's head against a stone wall,
run one's head against a stone wall,
knock one's head against a stone wall,
dash one's head against a stone wall;
break one's back;
break down,
sink,
drown,
founder,
have the ground cut from under one;
get into trouble,
get into a mess,
get into a scrape;
come to grief
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go to the wall,
go to the dogs,
go to pot;
lick the dust,
bite the dust;
be defeated
etc.
731;
have the worst of it,
lose the day,
come off second best,
lose;
fall a prey to;
succumb
etc.
(submit)
725;
not have a leg to stand on.
come to nothing,
end in smoke;
flat out†;
fall to the ground,
fall through,
fall dead,
fall stillborn,
fall flat;
slip through one's fingers;
hang fire,
miss fire;
flash in the pan,
collapse;
topple down
etc.
(descent)
305;
go to wrack and ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
go amiss,
go wrong,
go cross,
go hard with,
go on a wrong tack;
go on ill,
come off ill,
turn out ill,
work ill;
take a wrong term,
take an ugly term;
take an ugly turn,
take a turn for the worse.
be all over with,
be all up with;
explode;
dash one's hopes
etc.
(disappoint)
509;
defeat the purpose;
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind,
jump out of the frying pan into the fire,
go from the frying pan into the fire.
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Roget 735:
be ill off
etc.
adj.;
go hard with;
fall on evil,
fall on evil days;
go on ill;
not prosper
etc.
734.
go downhill,
go to rack and ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162,
go to the dogs;
fall,
fall from one's high estate;
decay,
sink,
decline,
go down in the world;
have seen better days;
bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave;
come to grief;
be all over,
be up with;
bring a wasp's nest about one's ears,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
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13 fall
14 fall
To be given by assignment or distribution.
15 fall
Move in a specified direction.
16 fall
17 fall
18 fall
To be given by right or inheritance.
19 fall
Come into the possession of.
synonym: accrue.
Dutch: verhogen, vervallen
20 fall
Fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
synonym: light.
21 fall
Be inherited by.
synonyms: devolve, pass, return.
Roget 151:
happen,
occur;
take place,
take effect;
come,
become of;
come off,
comeabout†,
come round,
come into existence,
come forth,
come to pass,
come on;
pass,
present itself;
fall;
fall out,
turn out;
run,
be on foot,
fall in;
befall,
betide,
bechance†;
prove,
eventuate,
draw on;
turn up,
crop up,
spring up,
pop up,
arise,
show up,
show its face,
appear,
come forth,
cast up;
supervene,
survene†;
issue,
arrive,
ensue,
arise,
start,
hold,
take its course;
pass off
etc.
(be past)
122.
meet with;
experience,
enjoy,
encounter,
undergo,
suffer,
pass through,
go through,
be subjected to,
be exposed to;
fall to the lot of;
be one's chance,
be one's fortune,
be one's lot;
find;
endure
etc.
(feel)
821.
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22 fall
23 fall
Lose an upright position suddenly.
synonym: fall down.
Dutch: neervallen
24 fall
Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
25 fall
Fall or flow in a certain way.
synonyms: flow, hang.
26 fall
Assume a disappointed or sad expression.
27 fall
28 fall
29 fall
Be born, used chiefly of lambs.
30 fall
31 fall
32 fall
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