Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fall
6 of 32 senses of fall
Sense 2
descend, fall, go down come down
=> fall down drop down
=> rappel, abseil, rope down
=> unhorse, dismount, light, get off get down
=> avalanche, roll down
=> dive, plunge, plunk
=> set go down go under
=> precipitate
=> sink, subside
=> crash
=> flop
=> tumble, topple
=> drop
=> plop
=> pitch
=> alight, climb down
=> sink, settle, go down go under
=> pounce, swoop
=> drip
=> cascade, cascade down
Sense 3
fall
=> fall in love
Sense 5
precipitate, come down fall
=> rain, rain down
=> spat
=> snow
=> hail
=> sleet
Sense 7
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly
=> break
=> ease up ease off slacken off slack off flag
=> boil down reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up shrink, wither
=> abate, let up slack off slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away dwindle down
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline go down wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decrescendo
Sense 17
fall
=> fall
Sense 21
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> fall, light
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fall
6 of 32 senses of fall
Sense 2
descend, fall, go down come down
=> fall down drop down
=> prolapse
=> rappel, abseil, rope down
=> unhorse, dismount, light, get off get down
=> avalanche, roll down
=> dive, plunge, plunk
=> power-dive
=> nosedive
=> duck
=> crash-dive
=> sky dive, parachute
=> set go down go under
=> precipitate
=> sink, subside
=> crash
=> flop
=> tumble, topple
=> keel over
=> drop
=> plunge, dump
=> plummet, plump
=> flump, flump down
=> decline
=> dip, sink
=> subside
=> plop
=> pitch
=> alight, climb down
=> sink, settle, go down go under
=> subside, settle
=> founder
=> submerge, submerse
=> dive
=> belly-flop
=> jackknife
=> pounce, swoop
=> stoop
=> drip
=> cascade, cascade down
Sense 3
fall
=> fall in love
Sense 5
precipitate, come down fall
=> rain, rain down
=> drizzle, mizzle
=> shower, shower down
=> sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter
=> pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
=> sheet
=> sluice, sluice down
=> spat
=> snow
=> hail
=> sleet
Sense 7
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly
=> break
=> ease up ease off slacken off slack off flag
=> boil down reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> flex
=> shrivel, shrivel up shrink, wither
=> atrophy
=> die back die down
=> mummify, dry up
=> abate, let up slack off slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away dwindle down
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline go down wane
=> dip
=> wear on
=> drop
=> slump, fall off sink
=> tumble
=> wane
=> wane
=> decrescendo
Sense 17
fall
=> fall
Sense 21
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> fall, light
Entailment of verb fall
1 of 32 senses of fall
Sense 5
precipitate, come down fall
=> condense
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb fall
32 senses of fall
Sense 1
fall
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 2
descend, fall, go down come down
=> travel, go move locomote
Also See-> fall in#1
Sense 3
fall
=> change state, turn
Also See-> fall for#2; fall through#1; fall flat#1; fall behind#2; fall back#2; fall off#2; fall apart#4; fall apart#3; fall away#1; fall back#4; fall behind#1
Sense 4
fall, come
=> be
Sense 5
precipitate, come down fall
Sense 6
fall
=> fail go wrong miscarry
Sense 7
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
Sense 8
fall
=> die, decease, perish, go exit pass away expire, pass
Sense 9
fall, shine, strike
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
Sense 10
fall
=> yield
Sense 11
fall
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
Sense 12
fall
=> fall
=> sin
Sense 13
fall
=> leave office, quit step down
Sense 14
fall
Sense 15
fall
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 16
fall
=> be
Sense 17
fall
Sense 18
fall
Sense 19
accrue, fall
=> change hands
Sense 20
fall, light
=> fall, return, pass, devolve
Sense 21
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> change hands
Sense 22
fall
=> slope, incline, pitch
Sense 23
fall, fall down
=> change posture
Sense 24
fall
=> change posture
Sense 25
hang, fall, flow
Sense 26
fall
=> change
Sense 27
fall
=> change
Sense 28
fall
=> issue, emerge, come out come forth, go forth, egress
Sense 29
fall
=> be born
Sense 30
fall
=> begin, get start out start set about set out commence
Sense 31
fall
=> disappear, vanish, go away
Sense 32
fall, descend, settle
=> come
Familiarity of verb fall
fall used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count = 32)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fall
Sense 1
fall
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 5
precipitate, come down fall
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Sense 8
fall
=> die, decease, perish, go exit pass away expire, pass
Sense 10
fall
=> yield
Sense 13
fall
=> leave office, quit step down
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Sense 11
fall
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
Sense 16
fall
=> be
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Sense 12
fall
=> fall
=> sin
Sense 17
fall
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Sense 14
fall
Sense 18
fall
Sense 19
accrue, fall
=> change hands
Sense 20
fall, light
=> fall, return, pass, devolve
Sense 21
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> change hands
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Sense 23
fall, fall down
=> change posture
Sense 24
fall
=> change posture
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Sense 26
fall
=> change
Sense 27
fall
=> change
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Sense 31
fall
=> disappear, vanish, go away
Sense 32
fall, descend, settle
=> come
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Sense 2
descend, fall, go down come down
=> travel, go move locomote
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Sense 3
fall
=> change state, turn
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Sense 4
fall, come
=> be
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Sense 6
fall
=> fail go wrong miscarry
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Sense 7
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
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Sense 9
fall, shine, strike
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
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Sense 15
fall
=> travel, go move locomote
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Sense 22
fall
=> slope, incline, pitch
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Sense 25
hang, fall, flow
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Sense 28
fall
=> issue, emerge, come out come forth, go forth, egress
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Sense 29
fall
=> be born
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Sense 30
fall
=> begin, get start out start set about set out commence
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Grep of noun falls
american falls
angel falls
canadian falls
cuquenan falls
falls
great falls
guaira falls
horseshoe falls
idaho falls
iguassu falls
iguazu falls
klamath falls
kukenaam falls
niagara falls
paulo afonso falls
sioux falls
tugela falls
twin falls
urubupunga falls
victoria falls
wichita falls
yosemite falls
Grep of noun fall
downfall
evenfall
fall
fall-blooming hydrangea
fall armyworm
fall cankerworm
fall dandelion
fall equinox
fall guy
fall of man
fall webworm
fallaciousness
fallacy
fallal
fallback
fallboard
fallen arch
faller
fallibility
falling off
falling out
falloff
fallopian tube
fallot
fallot's syndrome
fallot's tetralogy
fallout
fallout shelter
fallow
fallow deer
falls
footfall
free fall
icefall
landfall
nightfall
outfall
pitfall
rainfall
shortfall
snowfall
waterfall
windfall
Overview of noun falls
The noun falls has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. waterfall, falls, cascade, cataract -- (a steep descent of the water of a river)
Overview of noun fall
The noun fall has 12 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (14) fall, autumn -- (the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973")
2. (4) spill, tumble, fall -- (a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice")
3. (3) Fall -- (the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall")
4. (2) descent, declivity, fall, decline declension, downslope -- (a downward slope)
5. (2) fall -- (a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue")
6. (1) fall, downfall -- (a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg")
7. (1) fall -- (a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides")
8. (1) capitulation, fall, surrender -- (the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort")
9. twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall -- (the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night")
10. fall, pin -- (when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat)
11. drop, fall -- (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height")
12. drop, fall, free fall -- (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"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall")
Overview of verb fall
The verb fall has 32 senses (first 15 from tagged texts)
1. (46) fall -- (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse")
2. (21) descend, fall, go down come down -- (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")
3. (16) fall -- (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. (6) fall, come -- (come under be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading")
5. (4) precipitate, come down fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum.")
6. (4) fall -- (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside")
7. (4) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (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")
8. (3) fall -- (die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shotting victim fell dead")
9. (3) fall, shine, strike -- (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")
10. (3) fall -- (be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy")
11. (3) fall -- (occur at a specified time or place "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable")
12. (2) fall -- (yield to temptation or sin "Adam and Eve fell")
13. (2) fall -- (lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen")
14. (2) fall -- (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. (1) fall -- (move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward")
16. fall -- (be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month")
17. fall -- (lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman")
18. fall -- (to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter")
19. accrue, fall -- (come into the possession of "The house accrued to the oldest son")
20. fall, light -- (fall to somebody by assignment or lot: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims")
21. fall, return, pass, devolve -- (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")
22. fall -- (slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean")
23. fall, fall down -- (lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead")
24. fall -- (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees")
25. hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back")
26. fall -- (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell")
27. fall -- (be cast down "his eyes fell")
28. fall -- (come out issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth")
29. fall -- (be born, used chiefly of lambs: "The lambs fell in the afternoon")
30. fall -- (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away")
31. fall -- (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts)
32. fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")
Overview of noun falls
The noun falls has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. waterfall, falls, cascade, cataract -- (a steep descent of the water of a river)
Overview of noun fall
The noun fall has 12 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (14) fall, autumn -- (the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973")
2. (4) spill, tumble, fall -- (a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice")
3. (3) Fall -- (the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall")
4. (2) descent, declivity, fall, decline declension, downslope -- (a downward slope)
5. (2) fall -- (a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue")
6. (1) fall, downfall -- (a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg")
7. (1) fall -- (a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides")
8. (1) capitulation, fall, surrender -- (the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort")
9. twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, fall -- (the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night")
10. fall, pin -- (when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat)
11. drop, fall -- (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height")
12. drop, fall, free fall -- (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"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall")
Overview of verb fall
The verb fall has 32 senses (first 15 from tagged texts)
1. (46) fall -- (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse")
2. (21) descend, fall, go down come down -- (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")
3. (16) fall -- (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. (6) fall, come -- (come under be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading")
5. (4) precipitate, come down fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum.")
6. (4) fall -- (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside")
7. (4) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (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")
8. (3) fall -- (die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shotting victim fell dead")
9. (3) fall, shine, strike -- (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")
10. (3) fall -- (be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy")
11. (3) fall -- (occur at a specified time or place "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable")
12. (2) fall -- (yield to temptation or sin "Adam and Eve fell")
13. (2) fall -- (lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen")
14. (2) fall -- (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. (1) fall -- (move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward")
16. fall -- (be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month")
17. fall -- (lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman")
18. fall -- (to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter")
19. accrue, fall -- (come into the possession of "The house accrued to the oldest son")
20. fall, light -- (fall to somebody by assignment or lot: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims")
21. fall, return, pass, devolve -- (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")
22. fall -- (slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean")
23. fall, fall down -- (lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead")
24. fall -- (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees")
25. hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back")
26. fall -- (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell")
27. fall -- (be cast down "his eyes fell")
28. fall -- (come out issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth")
29. fall -- (be born, used chiefly of lambs: "The lambs fell in the afternoon")
30. fall -- (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away")
31. fall -- (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts)
32. fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")
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