<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.</li><li>to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not.</li><li>to become less or lower; become of a lower level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc.; decline.</li><li>to subside or abate.</li><li>to extend downward; hang down.</li><li>to become lowered or directed downward, as the eyes.</li><li>to become lower in pitch or volume.</li><li>to succumb to temptation or sin, especially to become unchaste or to lose one's innocence.</li><li>to lose status, dignity, position, character, etc.</li><li>to succumb to attack.</li><li>to be overthrown, as a government.</li><li>to drop down wounded or dead, especially to be slain.</li><li>to pass into some physical, mental, or emotional condition.</li><li>to envelop or come as if by dropping, as stillness or night.</li><li>to issue forth.</li><li>to come by lot or chance.</li><li>to come by chance into a particular position.</li><li>to come to pass, occur, or become at a certain time.</li><li>to have its proper place.</li><li>to come by right.</li><li>to be naturally divisible.</li><li>to lose animation; appear disappointed, as the face.</li><li>to slope or extend in a downward direction.</li><li>to be directed, as light, sight, etc., on something.</li><li>to collapse, as through weakness, damage, poor construction, or the like.</li><li>(of an animal, especially a lamb) to be born.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.</li><li>that which falls or drops: a heavy fall of rain.</li><li>the season of the year that comes after summer and before winter; autumn.</li><li>a becoming less; a lowering or decline; a sinking to a lower level: the fall of the Roman Empire.</li><li>the distance through which anything falls: It is a long fall to the ground from this height.</li><li>a cataract or waterfall.</li><li>downward slope or declivity: the gentle rise and fall of the meadow.</li><li>a falling from an erect position, as to the ground: to have a bad fall.</li><li>a hanging down: a fall of long hair.</li><li>a succumbing to temptation; lapse into sin.</li><li>the Fall: The lapse of human beings into a state of natural or innate sinfulness through the sin of Adam and Eve.</li><li>Slang: an arrest by the police.</li><li>surrender or capture, as of a city.</li><li>proper place: the fall of an accent on a syllable.</li><li>Wrestling: an act or instance of holding or forcing an opponent's shoulders against the mat for a specified length of time.</li><li>a match or division of a match.</li><li>a hairpiece consisting of long hair that is attached to one's own hair at the crown and usually allowed to hang freely down the back of the head so as to cover or blend with the natural hair.</li><li>an opaque veil hanging loose from the back of a hat.</li><li>fall of lace or ruffles.</li><li>Machinery, Nautical: the part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.</li><li>Hunting: a deadfall.</li><li>the long soft hair that hangs over the forehead and eyes of certain terriers.</li><li>Armor: a pivoted peak projecting over the face opening of a burgonet.</li><li>Astrology: the sign of the zodiac in which the most negative influence of a planet is expressed.</li><li>Mining: rock or ore that has collapsed from a roof, hanging wall, or the sides of a passage.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>to come to nothing; fail of realization.</li><li>to separate from; withdraw.</li><li>to decrease in number, amount, or intensity; diminish.</li><li>to deviate from the heading; fall to leeward.</li><li>to lose weight, usually due to illness.</li><li>to give way; recede; retreat.</li><li>Slang: to be deceived by.</li><li>to fall in love with.</li><li>to lag, in pace or progress.</li><li>to fail to pay at the appointed time.</li><li>to be the concern or responsibility of.</li><li>to be classified as; be included within.</li><li>to assault; attack.</li><li>to be the obligation of.</li><li>to experience; encounter.</li><li>to chance upon; come upon.</li><li>to fall to pieces toward the interior; sink inward.</li><li>to take one's place in the ranks, as a soldier.</li><li>to become acquainted with, especially by chance.</li><li>to quarrel; disagree.</li><li>to happen; occur.</li><li>to leave one's place in the ranks, as a soldier.</li><li>Slang: to burst out laughing.</li><li>South Midland and Southern U.S.: to become unconscious; pass out.</li><li>to apply oneself; begin.</li><li>to begin to eat.</li><li>to retreat to.</li><li>to have recourse to; rely on.</li><li>Informal: to perform disappointingly; to disappoint; fail.</li><li>to withdraw support or allegiance.</li><li>to become lean or thin; diminish; decline.</li><li>to forsake one's faith, cause, or principles.</li></ul>