Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually |
Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect |
Fall (v. t.) To find a final outlet |
Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead |
Fall (v. t.) To cease to be active or strong |
Fall (v. t.) To issue forth into life |
Fall (v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance |
Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured |
Fall (v. t.) To descend in character or reputation |
Fall (v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed |
Fall (v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment |
Fall (v. t.) To sink |
Fall (v. t.) To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind |
Fall (v. t.) To happen |
Fall (v. t.) To come |
Fall (v. t.) To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence |
Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise |
Fall (v. t.) To belong or appertain. |
Fall (v. t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly |
Fall (v. t.) To let fall |
Fall (v. t.) To sink |
Fall (v. t.) To diminish |
Fall (v. t.) To bring forth |
Fall (v. t.) To fell |
Fall (n.) The act of falling |
Fall (n.) The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture |
Fall (n.) Death |
Fall (n.) Downfall |
Fall (n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town |
Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value |
Fall (n.) A sinking of tone |
Fall (n.) Declivity |
Fall (n.) Descent of water |
Fall (n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond |
Fall (n.) Extent of descent |
Fall (n.) The season when leaves fall from trees |
Fall (n.) That which falls |
Fall (n.) The act of felling or cutting down. |
Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy |
Fall (n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck |
Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. |
Law-fall (n.) Depression of the jaw |
Switch (n.) A small, flexible twig or rod. |
Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail |
Switch (n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women. |
Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit. |
Switch (v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod |
Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk |
Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge. |
Switch (v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another |
capitulation fall surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions), they were protected until the capitulation of the fort |
spill tumble fall | a sudden drop from an upright position, he had a nasty spill on the ice |
bait and switch | a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product |
switch switching shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
switch | a basketball maneuver, two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
fall | a lapse into sin, a loss of innocence or of chastity, a fall from virtue |
fall cankerworm | green or brown white-striped looper, larva of Alsophila pometaria |
fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda | larva of a migratory American noctuid moth, destroys grasses and small grains |
fall webworm Hyphantria cunea | a variety of webworm |
DIP switch dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
fallboard fall-board | the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
selector selector switch | a switch that is used to select among alternatives |
switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment |
switch electric switch electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
switch | railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections, used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock |
switch | hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair, used by women to give shape to a coiffure |
switch engine donkey engine | a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard |
three-way switch three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
toggle switch toggle on-off switch on off switch | a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions |
drop dip fall free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
drop fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity, it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height |
free fall | the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field |
fall | a movement downward, the rise and fall of the tides |
Fall of Man | (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death |
fall downfall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance, the fall of the House of Hapsburg |
substitution permutation transposition replacement switch | an event in which one thing is substituted for another, the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood |
fall pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat |
Fall | the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve, women have been blamed ever since the Fall |
descent declivity fall decline declination declension downslope | a downward slope or bend |
chump fool gull mark patsy fall guy sucker soft touch mug | a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
switch-hitter | a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed |
switch-hitter | slang term for a bisexual person |
fall dandelion arnica bud Leontodon autumnalis | fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower, naturalized in the United States |
switch grass Panicum virgatum | grass of western America used for hay |
small cane switch cane Arundinaria tecta | small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States |
dog laurel dog hobble switch-ivy Leucothoe fontanesiana Leucothoe editorum | fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers |
fall-blooming hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata | deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters |
twilight dusk gloaming gloam nightfall evenfall fall crepuscule crepuscle | the time of day immediately following sunset, he loved the twilight, they finished before the fall of night |
autumnal equinox September equinox fall equinox | September |
fall autumn | the season when the leaves fall from the trees, in the fall of |
fall over backwards bend over backwards | try very hard to please someone, She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law |
fall asleep dope off flake out drift off nod off drop off doze off drowse off | change from a waking to a sleeping state, he always falls asleep during lectures |
fall over go over | fall forward and down, The old woman went over without a sound |
relapse lapse recidivate regress retrogress fall back | go back to bad behavior, Those who recidivate are often minor criminals |
interchange tack switch alternate flip flip-flop | reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) |
switch over switch exchange | change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence |
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 |
fall off fall away | diminish in size or intensity |