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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: decrease, diminish, lessen
Categories: change magnitude
Within this category: break, shrink, taper, drop off, vanish, break, ease up, weaken, boil down, shrink, shrivel, abate, deflate, dwindle, remit, de-escalate, depreciate, shorten, thin out, decline, wane, wane, decelerate, decrescendo
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
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
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: travel, go, move, locomote
Within this category: prolapse, rappel, unhorse, avalanche, dive, set, decline, precipitate, sink, crash, flop, tumble, drop, plop, pitch, alight, sink, pounce, drip, cascade
