fall
Noun
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is a type of: season, time of year - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditionshas:
- indian summer, saint martin's summer - a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
- autumnal equinox, fall equinox, september equinox - September 22
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is an instance of: event - something that happens at a given place and time
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is a type of: weakening - becoming weakersubtypes: anticlimax - a disappointing decline after a previous risesame as: downfall
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is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
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is a type of: loss - the act of losing someone or somethingsame as: capitulation, surrender
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is a type of: hour, time of day - clock timesubtypes: night - a shortening of nightfall
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subtypes: takedown - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing positionis a part of: wrestling match - a match between wrestlerssame as: pin
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is a type of:
- gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
- descent - a movement downward
subtypes:- free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
- plunge - a steep and rapid fall
- precipitation - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
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subtypes:
- correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
- voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
Verb
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes:
- prolapse - slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
- abseil, rappel, rope down - descend by means of a rappel
- dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse - alight from (a horse)
- avalanche, roll down - gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
- dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply
- go down, go under, set - disappear beyond the horizon
- correct, decline, slump - go down in value
- precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- sink, subside - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- crash - fall or come down violently
- flop - fall suddenly and abruptly
- topple, tumble - fall down, as if collapsing
- drop - to fall vertically
- plop - drop with the sound of something falling into water
- pitch - fall or plunge forward
- alight, climb down - come down
- go down, go under, settle, sink - go under
- pounce, swoop - move down on as if in an attack
- drip - fall in drops
- cascade, cascade down - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
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also:
- drop away, drop off, fall away, slip - get worse
- break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up - become separated into pieces or fragments
- crumble, fall apart - break or fall apart into fragments
- drop off, fall back, fall behind, recede - retreat
- dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- fall flat, fall through, flop, founder - fail utterly; collapse
- fall for - be deceived, duped, or entrapped by
is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or actionsubtypes:- drop - fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- fall in love - begin to experience feelings of love towards
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)same as: come
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entail: condense, distil, distill - undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in dropssubtypes:same as: come down, precipitateverb group: fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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is a type of: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass
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is a type of: yield - cease opposition; stop fightingverb group: fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt
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is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to passverb group: fall - be due
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is a type of: change magnitude - change in size or magnitudesubtypes:
- break - diminish or discontinue abruptly
- shrink, shrivel - decrease in size, range, or extent
- taper - diminish gradually
- drop off - fall or diminish
- fly, vanish, vaporize - decrease rapidly and disappear
- break - fall sharply
- ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off - become less intense
- weaken - become weaker
- boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left
- contract, shrink - become smaller or draw together
- shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture
- abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off - become less in amount or intensity
- deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
- dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down - become smaller or lose substance
- remit - diminish or abate
- de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity
- depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue - lose in value
- shorten - become short or shorter
- thin out - become sparser
- decline, go down, wane - grow smaller
- wane - decrease in phase
- wane - become smaller
- decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly
- decrescendo - grow quieter
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is a type of:
- sin, transgress, trespass - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
- fall - lose one's chastity
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verb group: fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)verb group: fall - occur at a specified time or place
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subtypes: fall - yield to temptation or sinverb group: fall - yield to temptation or sin
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verb group: fall - to be given by assignment or distribution
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is a type of: change hands, change owners - be transferred to another ownersame as: accrue
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same as: light
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is a type of: change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner
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is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posturesame as: fall downverb group: fall - drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
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is a type of: change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original natureverb group: fall - be cast down
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original natureverb group: fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression
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is a type of: be born - come into existence through birth
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is a type of: come - come to pass; arrive, as in due courseverb group: fall - go as if by falling
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