n. Function: verb
1 to pass downward FF1C; fruit falling off a tree FF1E; FF1C; the temperature fell sharply FF1E;
Synonyms: descend, drop, lower
Related Words: decline, dip, plummet, sink; decrease, diminish, lessen; dangle, drag, droop, trail
Antonyms: rise
2 to come down suddenly and involuntarily FF1C; fell on the ice FF1E;
Synonyms: drop, go down, keel (over), pitch, plunge, slump, topple, tumble
Related Words: slip, sprawl, stumble, trip
Idioms: come a cropper, take a header, take a spill
Contrasted Words: ascend, climb
3 to suffer ruin, defeat, or failure FF1C; the city fell after a long siege FF1E;
Synonyms: go down, go under, submit, succumb, surrender
Related Words: give up, yield
Contrasted Words: endure, prevail, resist; conquer, triumph, vanquish, win
4
Synonyms: ABATE 4, die (down or away), ease off, ebb, let up, moderate, relent, slacken, subside, wane
Antonyms: rise
5
Synonyms: PLUMMET , dip, drop, nose-dive, plunge, skid, tumble