Fall and Develop

fall

noun

The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
- usage: "in the fall of 1973"
- synonyms: autumn
A sudden drop from an upright position.
- usage: "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
- synonyms: spill, tumble
The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
- usage: "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
A downward slope or bend.
- synonyms: descent, declivity, decline, declination, declension, downslope
A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.
- usage: "a fall from virtue"
A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
- usage: "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
- synonyms: downfall
A movement downward.
- usage: "the rise and fall of the tides"
The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions. )
- usage: "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
- synonyms: capitulation, surrender
The time of day immediately following sunset.
- usage: "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
- synonyms: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, crepuscule, crepuscle
When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
- synonyms: pin
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.
- usage: "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
- synonyms: drop
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.
- usage: "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
- synonyms: drop, dip, free fall

verb

Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
- usage: "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
- usage: "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
- synonyms: descend, go down, come down
Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
- usage: "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"
Come under, be classified or included.
- usage: "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
- synonyms: come
Fall from clouds.
- usage: "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
- synonyms: precipitate, come down
Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
- usage: "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
Die, as in battle or in a hunt.
- usage: "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
- usage: "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
- synonyms: shine, strike
Be captured.
- usage: "The cities fell to the enemy"
Occur at a specified time or place.
- usage: "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
Decrease in size, extent, or range.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen
Yield to temptation or sin.
- usage: "Adam and Eve fell"
Lose office or power.
- usage: "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
To be given by assignment or distribution.
- usage: "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"
Move in a specified direction.
- usage: "The line of men fall forward"
Be due.
- usage: "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
Lose one's chastity.
- usage: "a fallen woman"
To be given by right or inheritance.
- usage: "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
Come into the possession of.
- usage: "The house accrued to the oldest son"
- synonyms: accrue
Fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
- usage: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
- synonyms: light
Be inherited by.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: return, pass, devolve
Slope downward.
- usage: "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
Lose an upright position suddenly.
- usage: "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
- synonyms: fall down
Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
- usage: "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
Fall or flow in a certain way.
- usage: "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
- synonyms: hang, flow
Assume a disappointed or sad expression.
- usage: "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
Be cast down.
- usage: "his eyes fell"
Come out; issue.
- usage: "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
Be born, used chiefly of lambs.
- usage: "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
Begin vigorously.
- usage: "The prisoners fell to work right away"
Go as if by falling.
- usage: "Grief fell from our hearts"
Come as if by falling.
- usage: "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
- synonyms: descend, settle

(v.t.) To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.
(v.t.) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
(v.t.) To begin with haste, ardor or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
(n.) The surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall of Sebastopol.
(v.t.) 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.
(n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
(v.t.) To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.
(v.t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.
(v.t.) 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.
(v.t.) To come; to occur; to arrive.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
(v.t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.
(n.) The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
(v.t.) 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.
(n.) That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
(v.t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him.
(v.t.) 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.
(v.t.) To let fall; to drop.
(n.) The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
(v.t.) To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
(v.t.) To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
(n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
(v.t.) 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.
(n.) Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
(v.t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
(n.) 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.
(v.t.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v.t.) To belong or appertain.
(v.t.) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.
(v.t.) To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.
(v.t.) To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
(n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.
(v.t.) To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
(v.t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
(n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
(n.) Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
(n.) The act of felling or cutting down.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

develop

verb

Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation.
- usage: "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
Work out.
- usage: "We have developed a new theory of evolution"
- synonyms: evolve, germinate
Gain through experience.
- usage: "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
- synonyms: acquire, evolve
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes. )
- usage: "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
- synonyms: grow, produce, get, acquire
Come into existence; take on form or shape.
- usage: "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
- synonyms: originate, arise, rise, uprise, spring up, grow
Change the use of and make available or usable.
- usage: "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
- synonyms: build up
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
- usage: "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
- synonyms: explicate, formulate
Create by training and teaching.
- usage: "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
- synonyms: train, prepare, educate
Be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.
- usage: "The plot developed slowly";
Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.
- usage: "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
Become technologically advanced.
- usage: "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
- synonyms: modernize, modernise
Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development.
- usage: "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
- synonyms: make grow
Generate gradually.
- usage: "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
Grow emotionally or mature.
- usage: "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
- synonyms: grow
Make visible by means of chemical solutions.
- usage: "Please develop this roll of film for me"
Superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry.
Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions.
- usage: "Spassky developed quickly"
Move into a strategically more advantageous position.
- usage: "develop the rook"
Elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme.
- usage: "develop the melody and change the key"
Happen.
- usage: "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
- synonyms: break, recrudesce
Expand in the form of a series.
- usage: "Develop the function in the following form"

(v.i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
(v.i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
(v.t.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
(v.t.) To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
(v.t.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
(v.t.) To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
(v.t.) To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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