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Adjective falling has 4 senses

falling - suddenly losing an upright position; "they ran from the falling tree"; "a falling wall crushed the car"
Antonyms: standing, upright
falling - decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"
Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
falling - becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes"
Antonyms: rising, improving, up
dropping, falling - coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
Antonym: ascending (indirect, via descending)

Verb fall has 32 senses

fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived forms: noun faller₂, noun fall₁₁, noun fall₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
descend, fall, go down, come down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
--₂ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise

Derived form: noun fall₇
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to fall
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"
--₃ is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
fall, come - come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
--₄ is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
precipitate, come down, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
fall - suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
--₆ is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry

Derived forms: noun fall₈, noun fall₆
Sample sentence:
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decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
--₇ is one way to change magnitude

Derived form: noun fall₁₂
Sample sentence:
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fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
--₈ is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentences:
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fall, shine, strike - touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
--₉ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
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fall - be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
--₁₀ is one way to yield

Derived form: noun fall₈
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fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
--₁₁ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
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fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
--₁₂ is a kind of fall; sin, transgress, trespass

Derived forms: noun Fall₃, noun fall₅
Sample sentence:
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fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
--₁₃ is one way to leave office, quit, step down, resign

Derived forms: noun fall₈, noun fall₆
Sample sentences:
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fall - to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"
Sample sentence:
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fall - move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"
--₁₅ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
fall - be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
--₁₆ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
fall - lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"

Derived form: noun fall₅
Sample sentence:
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fall - to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
Sample sentence:
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accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
--₁₉ is one way to change hands
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
fall, light - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
--₂₀ is one way to fall, return, pass, devolve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
fall, return, pass, devolve - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
--₂₁ is one way to change hands
Sample sentence:
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fall - slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
--₂₂ is one way to slope, incline, pitch

Derived form: noun fall₄
Sample sentences:
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Something is ----ing PP
fall, fall down - lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
--₂₃ is one way to change posture

Derived forms: noun fall₂, noun fall₁₁
Sample sentence:
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fall - drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
--₂₄ is one way to change posture

Derived form: noun fall₂
Sample sentence:
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hang, fall, flow - fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
Sample sentence:
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fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
--₂₆ is one way to change
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fall - be cast down; "his eyes fell"
--₂₇ is one way to change
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fall - come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
--₂₈ is one way to issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
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fall - be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
--₂₉ is one way to be born
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fall - begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
--₃₀ is one way to get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Sample sentence:
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fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
--₃₁ is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
fall, descend, settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
--₃₂ is one way to come
Sample sentence:
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