time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"

pratfall - a fall onto your buttocks

wipeout - a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

trip, slip - an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"

downhill - the downward slope of a hill

incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"

steep - a steep place (as on a hill)

sinning, sin - an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

anticlimax - a disappointing decline after a previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"

rise - a growth in strength or number or importance

loss - the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"

even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"

takedown - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points"

triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"

free fall - the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field

gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

descent - a movement downward

plunge - a steep and rapid fall

precipitation - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

correction - a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"

voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

come down, precipitate, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

prolapse - slip or fall out of place, as of body parts; "prolapsed rectum"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

abseil, rappel, rope down - lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"

avalanche, roll down - gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

go under, go down, set - disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"

slump, correct, decline - go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

subside, sink - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

flop - fall suddenly and abruptly

topple, tumble - fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

drop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

plop - drop with the sound of something falling into water

pitch - fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

pounce, swoop - move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

drip - fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"

cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

drop - fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

fall in love - begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student"

crumble, fall apart - break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

fall for - be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

fall - descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"

rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"

spat - come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"

snow - fall as snow; "It was snowing all night"

hail - precipitate as small ice particles; "It hailed for an hour"

sleet - precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"

go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

fall - be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"

fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

yield - cease opposition; stop fighting

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"

fall - be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"

break - diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night"

shrivel, shrink - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

taper - diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

drop off - fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

vaporize, vanish, fly - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"

break - fall sharply; "stock prices broke"

weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

shrink, contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"

remit - diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"

de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"

shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"

thin out - become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"

wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"

wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

decrescendo - grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"

fall - lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"

leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

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"

light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

fall - to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

fall - occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

fall - yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

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 youngest student"

change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year"

devolve, return, fall, pass - 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"

light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

devolve, return, fall, pass - 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"

accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

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 youngest student"

change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year"

light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"

fall - drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"

fall down, fall - lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

fall - be cast down; "his eyes fell"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

fall - assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"

be born - come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"

begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

descend, settle, fall - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"

fall - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"