Noun Definition
fall
1.Definition: a downward slope or bend
Related Noun(s):declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope
Category: Objects3.Definition: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
"A fall from virtue"
Category: General4.Definition: a movement downward
"The rise and fall of the tides"
Category: General5.Definition: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
"The fall of the House of Hapsburg"
Related Noun(s):downfall
Category: General7.Definition: 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"
Category: General8.Definition: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Related Noun(s):capitulation, surrender
Category: General9.Definition: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
"Women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
Category: General10.Definition: the season when the leaves fall from the trees
"In the fall of 1973"
Related Noun(s):autumn
Category: General11.Definition: the time of day immediately following sunset
"He loved the twilight", "They finished before the fall of night"
Related Noun(s):crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
Category: General12.Definition: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Related Noun(s):pin
Category: General