fall

How to sign: lose an upright position suddenly
"The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead";

Similiar / Same: fall down

Categories: change posture

fall

How to sign: the season when the leaves fall from the trees
"in the fall of 1973";

Similiar / Same: autumn

Categories: season, time of year

fall

How to sign: 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";

See also: collapse, fall in, cave in, give way, founder, give, break

Similiar / Same: descend, go down, come down

Categories: go, locomote, move, travel

Within this category: alight, avalanche, cascade, crash, decline, dive, drip, drop, flop, pitch, plop, pounce, precipitate, prolapse, rappel, set, sink, sink, tumble, unhorse

fall

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

Categories: go, locomote, move, travel

fall

How to sign: a sudden drop from an upright position
"he had a nasty spill on the ice";

Similiar / Same: tumble, spill

Categories: slip, trip

Within this category: wipeout

fall

How to sign: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
"the fall of the House of Hapsburg";

Similiar / Same: downfall

Categories: weakening

Within this category: anticlimax

fall

How to sign: the time of day immediately following sunset
"he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night";

Similiar / Same: twilight, dusk, gloaming, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle

Categories: hour, time of day

Within this category: night