fall
Season of harvest
As a verb, fall has a meaning similar to that of drop, but with an important difference: fall is always intransitive and does not take a human subject.
When you drop something it falls, but you can’t fall it.
When an event falls on a certain day, it happens on that day.
All of the noun meanings of fall are derived from the verb meanings: a fall is a change from a higher to a lower place, whether actual or figurative: The sudden fall in temperatures surprised everyone.
In North American English, the noun fall means the same as autumn.
Economic decline period
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- dropFall or release
- slumpExtended period of decline
- plungeSudden steep descent
tumble · slide · slip · decline · collapse · deterioration · recession · reduction
Post-summer cooling period
- harvestGathering mature crops
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
pumpkins · October · November · Thanksgiving · Halloween · cider · chestnuts · acorns
Planned travel somewhere
- slipMinor error or misstep
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- toppleCause to fall
- plungeSudden steep descent
crash · spill · collapse · misstep · pratfall · somersault · sprawl · keel over
Rate velocity changes
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
- plummetRapid downward descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- dropFall or release
parachute · skydiving · bungee · weightlessness · plunge · trajectory · impact · landing
Yield under pressure
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- submitPresent for consideration
- concedeAdmit something reluctantly
- succumbYield to pressure
defeat · overthrow · cede · relinquish · collapse · conquest · siege · white flag
Successive downward flow
- cataractClouded eye lens
- NiagaraBorder waterfall landmark
- VictoriaFemale monarch's name
- plunge poolSmall cold-water basin
rapids · mist · gorge · precipice · torrent · spillway · chute
Split in hard material
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
broken bone · hip fracture · head injury · ambulance · emergency · hospital · wheelchair · recovery
downturn
Economic decline period
plunge · tumble · slide · slip · decline · collapse · deterioration · recession · reduction · ebb
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
foliage · pumpkins · October · November · Thanksgiving · Halloween · cider · chestnuts · acorns · hayride
trip
Planned travel somewhere
plunge · crash · spill · collapse · misstep · pratfall · somersault · sprawl · keel over · wipeout
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
- terminal velocityMaximum speed during freefall
- plummetRapid downward descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
drop · parachute · skydiving · bungee · weightlessness · plunge · trajectory · impact · landing
capitulate
Yield under pressure
succumb · defeat · overthrow · cede · relinquish · collapse · conquest · siege · white flag · truce
cascade
Successive downward flow
plunge pool · rapids · mist · gorge · precipice · torrent · spillway · chute
fracture
Split in hard material
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
trauma · broken bone · hip fracture · head injury · ambulance · emergency · hospital · wheelchair · recovery · stitches
- fall asleepBegin sleeping
- fall in loveDevelop romantic feelings
- fall apartBreak into pieces
- falling in loveDeveloping romantic feelings
- falling asleepBeginning to slumber
- falling apartGradually breaking into pieces
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