to descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.-to cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.-to find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river rhone falls into the mediterranean.-to become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.-to cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.-to issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.-to decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points.-to be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.-to descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.-to become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.-to assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.-to sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.-to pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.-to happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.-to come; to occur; to arrive.-to begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.-to pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.-to belong or appertain.-to be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.-to let fall; to drop.-to sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.-to diminish; to lessen or lower.-to bring forth; as, to fall lambs.-to fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.-the act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.-the act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.-death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.-downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the roman empire.-the surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of sebastopol.-diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.-a sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.-declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.-descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of niagara.-the discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the po into the gulf of venice.-extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.-the season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.-that which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.-the act of felling or cutting down.-lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. specifically: the first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.-formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.-that part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.