Definitions
How to pronounce fall:
Fall - as a noun
The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of adam and eve
Example: "Women have been blamed ever since the fall"
The season when the leaves fall from the trees
Example: "In the fall of 1973"
A sudden drop from an upright position
Example: "He had a nasty spill on the ice"
A downward slope or bend
A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
Example: "A fall from virtue"
A sudden decline in strength or number or importance
Example: "The fall of the house of hapsburg"
The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Example: "They were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
The time of day immediately following sunset
Example: "He loved the twilight"
When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Example: "It was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
Fall - as a verb
Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
Example: "The branch fell from the tree"
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Example: "The temperature is going down"
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Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
Example: "Fall into a trap"
Fall from clouds
Example: "Rain, snow and sleet were falling"
Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
Example: "We must stand or fall"
Die, as in battle or in a hunt
Example: "Many soldiers fell at verdun"
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
Example: "Light fell on her face"
Be captured
Example: "The cities fell to the enemy"
Occur at a specified time or place
Example: "Christmas falls on a monday this year"
Decrease in size, extent, or range
Example: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"
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Yield to temptation or sin
Example: "Adam and eve fell"
Lose office or power
Example: "The government fell overnight"
To be given by assignment or distribution
Example: "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"
Move in a specified direction
Example: "The line of men fall forward"
Be due
Example: "Payments fall on the 1st of the month"
Lose one's chastity
Example: "A fallen woman"
To be given by right or inheritance
Example: "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
Come into the possession of
Example: "The house accrued to the oldest son"
Fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
Example: "The task fell to me"
Be inherited by
Example: "The estate fell to my sister"
Slope downward
Example: "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
Lose an upright position suddenly
Example: "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"
Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
Example: "She fell back in her chair"
Assume a disappointed or sad expression
Example: "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"
Be cast down
Example: "His eyes fell"
Come out; issue
Example: "Silly phrases fell from her mouth"
Be born, used chiefly of lambs
Example: "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
Begin vigorously
Example: "The prisoners fell to work right away"
Go as if by falling
Example: "Grief fell from our hearts"
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Word Game Points
FALL has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
FALL has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.
FALL has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
