Fall

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Autumn \Au"tumn\, n. [L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root
     av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See {Avarice}.]
     1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer
        and winter, often called "the {fall}." Astronomically, it
        begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal
        equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter


        solstice, about December 23; but in popular language,
        autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and
        November.
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     Note: In England, according to Johnson, autumn popularly
           comprises August, September, and October. In the
           southern hemisphere, the autumn corresponds to our
           spring.
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     2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. --Milton.
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     3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third
        stage.
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              Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the
              duke's favor.                         --Fuller.
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              Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fall \Fall\ (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p.
     {Fallen} (f[add]l"'n); 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.
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              I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. --Luke
                                                    x. 18.
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     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.
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              I fell at his feet to worship him.    --Rev. xix.
                                                    10.
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     3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty;
        -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the
        Mediterranean.
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     4. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die
        by violence, as in battle.
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              A thousand shall fall at thy side.    --Ps. xci. 7.
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              He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting,
              fell.                                 --Byron.
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     5. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose
        strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind
        falls.
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     6. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of
        the young of certain animals. --Shak.
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     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
        price falls; stocks fell two points.
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              I am a poor fallen man, unworthy now
              To be thy lord and master.            --Shak.
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              The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and
              vanished.                             --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
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              Heaven and earth will witness,
              If Rome must fall, that we are innocent. --Addison.
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     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.
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              Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest
              any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
                                                    --Heb. iv. 11.
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     10. To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be
         worse off than before; as, to fall into error; to fall
         into difficulties.
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     11. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or
         appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.
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               Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
                                                    --Gen. iv. 5.
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               I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.
                                                    --Addison.
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     12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our
         spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
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     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.
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     14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to
         issue; to terminate.
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               The Romans fell on this model by chance. --Swift.
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               Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the
               matter will fall.                    --Ruth. iii.
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               They do not make laws, they fall into customs. --H.
                                                    Spencer.
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     15. To come; to occur; to arrive.
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               The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council
               fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about
               ten days sooner.                     --Holder.
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     16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or
         hurry; as, they fell to blows.
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               They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart
               and soul.                            --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd. ).
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     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.
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     18. To belong or appertain.
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               If to her share some female errors fall,
               Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
                                                    --Pope.
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     19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded
         expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from
         him.
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     {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} or {To fall back on}.
         (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, a more reliable
             alternative, or some other 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.
  
     {To fall in}.
         (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in.
         (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assigned place in
             line; as, to fall in on the right.
         (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the
             death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long
             received, fell in.
         (d) To become operative. "The reversion, to which he had
             been nominated twenty years before, fell in."
             --Macaulay.
  
     {To fall into one's hands}, to pass, often suddenly or
        unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to
        spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands
        of the enemy.
  
     {To fall in with}.
         (a) To meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a
             friend.
         (b) (Naut.) To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come
             near, as land.
         (c) To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls
             in with popular opinion.
         (d) To comply; to yield to. "You will find it difficult
             to persuade learned men to fall in with your
             projects." --Addison.
  
     {To fall off}.
         (a) To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe.
         (b) To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as,
             friends fall off in adversity. "Love cools,
             friendship falls off, brothers divide." --Shak.
         (c) To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse.
         (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the
             faith, or from allegiance or duty.
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                   Those captive tribes . . . fell off
                   From God to worship calves.      --Milton.
         (e) To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off.
         (f) To depreciate; to change for the worse; to
             deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or
             interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the
             magazine or the review falls off. "O Hamlet, what a
             falling off was there!" --Shak.
         (g) (Naut.) To deviate or trend to the leeward of the
             point to which the head of the ship was before
             directed; to fall to leeward.
  
     {To fall on}.
         (a) To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on
             evil days.
         (b) To begin suddenly and eagerly. "Fall on, and try the
             appetite to eat." --Dryden.
         (c) To begin an attack; to assault; to assail. "Fall on,
             fall on, and hear him not." --Dryden.
         (d) To drop on; to descend on.
  
     {To fall out}.
         (a) To quarrel; to begin to contend.
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                   A soul exasperated in ills falls out
                   With everything, its friend, itself. --Addison.
         (b) To happen; to befall; to chance. "There fell out a
             bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice."
             --L'Estrange.
         (c) (Mil.) To leave the ranks, as a soldier.
  
     {To fall over}.
         (a) To revolt; to desert from one side to another.
         (b) To fall beyond. --Shak.
  
     {To fall short}, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short;
        they all fall short in duty.
  
     {To fall through}, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the
        engageent has fallen through.
  
     {To fall to}, to begin. "Fall to, with eager joy, on homely
        food." --Dryden.
  
     {To fall under}.
         (a) To come under, or within the limits of; to be
             subjected to; as, they fell under the jurisdiction of
             the emperor.
         (b) To come under; to become the subject of; as, this
             point did not fall under the cognizance or
             deliberations of the court; these things do not fall
             under human sight or observation.
         (c) To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be
             subordinate to in the way of classification; as,
             these substances fall under a different class or
             order.
  
     {To fall upon}.
         (a) To attack. [See {To fall on}.]
         (b) To attempt; to have recourse to. "I do not intend to
             fall upon nice disquisitions." --Holder.
         (c) To rush against.
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     Note: Fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in a
           perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of
           its applications, implies, literally or figuratively,
           velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. Its use is so
           various, and so mush diversified by modifying words,
           that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its
           applications.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fall \Fall\, v. t.
     1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.]
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              For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. --Shak.
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     2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.]
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     3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.]
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              Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall
              the price of your native commodities. --Locke.
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     4. To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] --Shak.
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     5. To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree. [Prov. Eng. &
        Local, U.S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fall \Fall\, n.
     1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
        of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
        yard of ship.
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     2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
        he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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     3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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              They thy fall conspire.               --Denham.
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              Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
              before a fall.                        --Prov. xvi.
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     4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
        termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
        overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
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              Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --Pope.
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     5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
        of Sebastopol.
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     6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
        as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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     7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
        the close of a sentence.
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     8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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     9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
        down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
        sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.
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     10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the
         ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po
         into the Gulf of Venice. --Addison.
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     11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
         the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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     12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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               What crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
               Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
         fall of snow.
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     14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber."
         --Johnson.
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     15. Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
         Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first
         parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
         of the rebellious angels.
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     16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
         band; a faule. --B. Jonson.
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     17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the
         power is applied in hoisting.
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     {Fall herring} (Zool.), a herring of the Atlantic ({Clupea
        mediocris}); -- also called {tailor herring}, and {hickory
        shad}.
  
     {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fall
       n 1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall
            of 1973" [syn: {autumn}]
       2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty
          spill on the ice" [syn: {spill}, {tumble}]
       3: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of
          Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
       4: a downward slope or bend [syn: {descent}, {declivity}, {decline},
           {declination}, {declension}, {downslope}] [ant: {ascent}]
       5: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a
          fall from virtue"
       6: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the
          fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: {downfall}] [ant: {rise}]
       7: a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" [ant:
          {rise}]
       8: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they
          were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: {capitulation},
           {surrender}]
       9: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the
          twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn:
          {twilight}, {dusk}, {gloaming}, {nightfall}, {evenfall}, {crepuscule},
           {crepuscle}]
       10: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn: {pin}]
       11: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
           miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
            {drop}]
       12: 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"; "a dip in prices";
           "when that became known the price of their stock went
           into free fall" [syn: {drop}, {dip}, {free fall}]
       v 1: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The
            branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell
            into a crevasse"
       2: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
          "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is
          falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went
          up and then fell again" [syn: {descend}, {go down}, {come
          down}] [ant: {rise}, {ascend}]
       3: 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"
       4: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a
          category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: {come}]
       5: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
          "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
          Herculaneum" [syn: {precipitate}, {come down}]
       6: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall";
          "fall by the wayside"
       7: 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" [syn: {decrease},
           {diminish}, {lessen}] [ant: {increase}]
       8: die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at
          Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The
          shooting victim fell dead"
       9: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light
          fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The
          light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck
          my ears" [syn: {shine}, {strike}]
       10: be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
       11: occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a
           Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first
           syllable"
       12: yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
       13: lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The
           Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
       14: to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most
           difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team";
           "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on
           the yougest student"
       15: move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall
           forward"
       16: be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
       17: lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"
       18: to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the
           oldest daughter"
       19: come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the
           oldest son" [syn: {accrue}]
       20: fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to
           me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
           [syn: {light}]
       21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
           returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
           that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: {return}, {pass},
            {devolve}]
       22: slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the
           ocean"
       23: lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and
           the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across
           her forehead" [syn: {fall down}]
       24: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell
           back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
       25: fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her
           long black hair flowed down her back" [syn: {hang}, {flow}]
       26: assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when
           she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
       27: be cast down; "his eyes fell"
       28: come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
       29: be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the
           afternoon"
       30: begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
       31: go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
       32: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: {descend},
            {settle}]
       [also: {fell}, {fallen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  532 Moby Thesaurus words for "fall":
     Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept,
     apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, autumn,
     backslide, backsliding, bag, bank, bate, be destroyed,
     be eaten away, be found, be found wanting, be killed, be lost,
     be met with, be realized, be unsuccessful, beat down, beating,
     befall, befriend, begin, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper,
     beset, betide, bite the dust, blood rain, bouleversement, bow,
     break, break up, breakdown, call on, call upon, cannonball, cant,
     capitulate, capitulation, capsize, capture, careen, cascade,
     catabasis, cataract, cave in, cease to be, cease to live, cheapen,
     chignon, chute, clash, climb, collapse, come, come a cropper,
     come about, come down, come off, come to naught, come to nothing,
     come to pass, come true, comedown, commence, conquering, conquest,
     consume, consume away, convulsion, corrode, count on, crash,
     crash dive, cropper, crumble, crumble to dust, crumple, culbute,
     cut, cut prices, daggle, dangle, deathblow, debacle, debasement,
     decadence, decadency, decay, decease, deceleration, declension,
     declination, decline, decline and fall, declivity, decrease,
     decrescendo, defeat, deflate, deflation, defluxion, deformation,
     degeneracy, degenerate, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation,
     deliquesce, demotion, depart, depart this life, depend,
     depravation, depravedness, depreciate, depreciation, derogation,
     descend, descending, descension, descent, destruction, deteriorate,
     deterioration, devaluate, devolution, die, die away, die down,
     differ, diminish, diminuendo, diminution, dip, dip down, disagree,
     disappoint, disintegrate, dispute, dive, down, downbend, downcome,
     downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgate, downgrade, downhill,
     downpour, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility,
     downward trend, drabble, drag, draggle, drape, draw back, drizzle,
     droop, drop, drop dead, drop down, drop off, dropping, drubbing,
     drum, dwindle, dwindling, dying, ebb, eclipse, effeteness, employ,
     erode, err, evening mist, eventuate, expire, fade, fading, fail,
     failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall again into, fall asleep,
     fall away, fall back, fall behind, fall dead, fall down, fall flat,
     fall for, fall from grace, fall headlong, fall in, fall in price,
     fall in with, fall of Adam, fall of man, fall off, fall out,
     fall over, fall prostrate, fall short, fall stillborn,
     fall through, fall to, fall to pieces, falling, falling-off, falls,
     false hair, fight, fizzle out, flap, flop, flounder, flow, flurry,
     force, forced landing, fragment, gainer, get a cropper,
     get cracking, get moving, get under way, give in, give up,
     give way, go, go about, go along with, go astray, go down,
     go downhill, go off, go out, go to pieces, go to ruin, go to smash,
     go under, go uphill, go wrong, gout of rain, grade, gravitate,
     gravitation, hang, hang down, hanging, hap, happen, harvest,
     harvest home, harvest time, have a relapse, have enough,
     have recourse to, header, hiding, hit a slump, hit rock bottom,
     hit the skids, inclination, incline, involution, jackknife,
     jew down, join, keel, keel over, lag, lambasting, languish, lapse,
     lapse back, lathering, lay an egg, lean, lessen, let up,
     lick the dust, licking, linn, list, lop, lose, lose altitude,
     lose out, lose the day, loss of tone, lower, lowering, lurch,
     make use of, mark down, mastery, melt away, miscarry, miss, mist,
     misty rain, mizzle, moderate, moisture, nappe, nod, nose dive,
     nose-dive, nosedive, occur, overcoming, overthrow, overturn,
     parachute, parachute jump, pare, part, pass, pass away, pass off,
     pass on, pass over, patter, pelt, pend, perish, pitch,
     pitter-patter, plop, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge, plunk,
     pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pour, pour down, pour with rain,
     power dive, pratfall, precipitate, precipitation, prostration,
     put off mortality, quarrel, quietus, quit this world, rain,
     rain tadpoles, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, rake, rapids, rat,
     reach the depths, recede, recidivate, recidivation, recidivism,
     recur to, reduce, regress, regression, relapse, relent, remission,
     resort to, retire, retreat, retrocession, retrogradation,
     retrogression, return to, return to dust, revert, revert to, rise,
     ruin, run down, run low, running dive, sabotage, sag, sault,
     say uncle, seizure, set about, set upon, settle, shatter, shave,
     sheet of rain, shelve, shower, shower down, shrink, sidle,
     sin of Adam, sink, sink back, sinking, skid, skin-dive, sky dive,
     sky-dive, slacken, slant, slash, slide, slide back, slip,
     slip back, slippage, slope, slowdown, slump, smash, sound, spatter,
     spill, spit, splatter, spout, sprawl, spread-eagle, sprinkle,
     squabble, stagger, start, stationary dive, stoop, stop breathing,
     storm, stream, strike, stumble, subdual, subduing, subjugation,
     submission, submit, subside, subsidence, subversion, succumb,
     succumb to, support, surrender, swag, swallow, swan dive, sway,
     swing, switch, swoop, swoop down, tackle, tail off, tailspin,
     take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall,
     take a spill, take on, take place, take the count, taking, tattoo,
     thrashing, tilt, tip, topple, topple down, topple over, totter,
     touch bottom, trail, transpire, trend downward, trim, trimming,
     trip, trouncing, tumble, turn turtle, undertake, undoing,
     unfrozen hydrometeor, up and die, upheaval, uprise, upset, use,
     vanquishment, wane, waste, waste away, waterfall, watershoot, wear,
     wear away, weep, wet, whipping, withdraw, wrangle, yield,
     yield again to, yield the ghost