Noun
- 1. hide, fell, animal skin
- usage: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
- 2. fell, felled seam, seam
- usage: seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
- 3. fell, killing, kill, putting to death
- usage: the act of felling something (as a tree)
Verb
- 1. fell, drop, strike down, cut down, cut
- usage: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
- 2. fly, fell, vanish, elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
- usage: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
- 3. fell, sew, run up, sew together, stitch
- usage: sew a seam by folding the edges
Verb
- 1. fell, drop, strike down, cut down, cut
- usage: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
- 2. fly, fell, vanish, elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
- usage: 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"
- 3. fell, sew, run up, sew together, stitch
- usage: 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"
- 4. fall, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
- 5. descend, fall, go down, come down, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
- 6. fall, change state, turn
- usage: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
- 7. fall, come, be
- usage: 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. precipitate, come down, fall
- usage: 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. fall, fail, go wrong, miscarry
- usage: be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
- 10. fall, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
- usage: occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
- 11. fall, shine, strike, happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
- usage: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
- 12. fall, yield
- usage: yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
- 13. fall, happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
- usage: lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
- 14. decrease, diminish, lessen, fall, change magnitude
- usage: 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 youngest student"
- 15. fall, fall, sin, transgress, trespass
- usage: move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"
- 16. fall, leave office, quit, step down, resign
- usage: be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
- 17. fall
- usage: lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"
- 18. fall, travel, go, move, locomote
- usage: to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
- 19. fall, be
- usage: come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
- 20. fall
- usage: fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
- 21. fall
- usage: 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"
- 22. accrue, fall, change hands, change owners
- usage: slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
- 23. fall, light, fall, return, pass, devolve
- usage: lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
- 24. fall, return, pass, devolve, change hands, change owners
- usage: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
- 25. fall, slope, incline, pitch
- usage: fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
- 26. fall, fall down, change posture
- usage: assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
- 27. fall, change posture
- usage: be cast down; "his eyes fell"
- 28. hang, fall, flow
- usage: come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
- 29. fall, change
- usage: be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
- 30. fall, change
- usage: begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
- 31. fall, issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
- usage: go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
- 32. fall, be born
- usage: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
Adjective
- 1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, inhumane (vs. humane)
- usage: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
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