fall - Similar and Opposite Words
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Noun
the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
Noun
a sudden drop from an upright position
Noun
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
Noun
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
Noun
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
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when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Noun
a downward slope or bend
Noun
the time of day immediately following sunset
Noun
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
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Verb
pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
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decrease in size, extent, or range
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- abate
- boil down
- break
- concentrate
- contract
- de-escalate
- decelerate
- decline
- decoct
- decrescendo
- deflate
- depreciate
- devaluate
- devalue
- die away
- drop off
- dwindle
- dwindle away
- dwindle down
- ease off
- ease up
- flag
- fly
- go down
- let up
- reduce
- remit
- retard
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- shrivel up
- slack
- slack off
- slacken off
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- taper
- thin out
- undervalue
- vanish
- vaporize
- wane
- weaken
- wither
Verb
occur at a specified time or place
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move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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Verb
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
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be inherited by
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fall to somebody by assignment or lot
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come into the possession of
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touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
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die, as in battle or in a hunt
