Definition of "Fall" :

noun: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

noun: a sudden drop from an upright position

noun: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity

"A fall from virtue."

noun: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

"When that became known the price of their stock went into free fall."

noun: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

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

"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."

verb: decrease in size, extent, or range

verb: come as if by falling

verb: go as if by falling

verb: occur at a specified time or place

"Christmas falls on a Monday this year."

verb: begin vigorously

verb: be born, used chiefly of lambs

verb: come out; issue

verb: be cast down

verb: assume a disappointed or sad expression

verb: fall or flow in a certain way

verb: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

"The barometer is falling."

verb: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity

verb: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position

verb: lose an upright position suddenly

verb: slope downward

"The hills around here fall towards the ocean."

verb: move in a specified direction

"The line of men fall forward."

verb: be inherited by

verb: fall to somebody by assignment or lot

verb: come into the possession of

verb: be captured

verb: to be given by assignment or distribution

verb: to be given by right or inheritance

verb: lose office or power

verb: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin

"We must stand or fall."

verb: yield to temptation or sin

verb: lose one's chastity

"A fallen woman."

verb: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

verb: die, as in battle or in a hunt

"Several deer have fallen to the same gun."

verb: be due

"Payments fall on the 1st of the month."

verb: come under, be classified or included

"Fall into a category."

verb: fall from clouds

"Rain, snow and sleet were falling."