| bump off | | |
| v. (social) | 1. bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay | kill intentionally and with premeditation.; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| ~ burke | murder without leaving a trace on the body. |
| ~ execute | murder in a planned fashion.; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" |
| fall | | |
| n. (time) | 1. autumn, fall | the season when the leaves fall from the trees.; "in the fall of 1973" |
| ~ indian summer, saint martin's summer | a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn. |
| ~ autumnal equinox, fall equinox, september equinox | September 22. |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (act) | 2. fall, spill, tumble | a sudden drop from an upright position.; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (event) | 3. fall | the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve.; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" |
| ~ event | something that happens at a given place and time. |
| n. (object) | 4. declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall | a downward slope or bend. |
| ~ 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). |
| n. (act) | 5. fall | a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity.; "a fall from virtue" |
| ~ sinning, sin | an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. |
| n. (event) | 6. downfall, fall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance.; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| ~ anticlimax | a disappointing decline after a previous rise.; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career" |
| n. (event) | 7. fall | a movement downward.; "the rise and fall of the tides" |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| n. (act) | 8. capitulation, fall, surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).; "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| ~ loss | the act of losing someone or something.; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
| n. (time) | 9. crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight | the time of day immediately following sunset.; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ time of day, hour | clock time.; "the hour is getting late" |
| n. (event) | 10. fall, pin | when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. |
| ~ wrestling match | a match between wrestlers. |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (event) | 11. drop, fall | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity.; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height" |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (attribute) | 12. dip, drop, fall, free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity.; "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" |
| ~ decrement, decrease | the amount by which something decreases. |
| ~ 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. |
| v. (motion) | 13. fall | descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 14. come down, descend, fall, go down | 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ dismount, unhorse, get down, light, get off | alight from (a horse). |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ climb down, alight | come down.; "the birds alighted" |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ cascade, cascade down | rush down in big quantities, like a cascade. |
| v. (change) | 15. fall | pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.; "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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ drop away, fall away, slip, drop off | get worse.; "My grades are slipping" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ crumble, fall apart | break or fall apart into fragments.; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" |
| ~ fall behind, recede, drop off, fall back, lose | retreat. |
| ~ lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. |
| ~ fall flat, fall through, founder, flop | fail utterly; collapse.; "The project foundered" |
| ~ fall for | be deceived, duped, or entrapped by.; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" |
| v. (stative) | 16. come, fall | come under, be classified or included.; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (weather) | 17. come down, fall, precipitate | fall from clouds.; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (social) | 18. fall | suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (stative) | 19. 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" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (stative) | 20. fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (possession) | 21. fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 22. fall | occur at a specified time or place.; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ fall | be due.; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" |
| v. (change) | 23. decrease, diminish, fall, lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag | become less intense. |
| ~ change magnitude | change in size or magnitude. |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce | be cooked until very little liquid is left.; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
| ~ shrink, contract | become smaller or draw together.; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" |
| ~ shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down | become smaller or lose substance.; "Her savings dwindled down" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ devaluate, depreciate, devalue, undervalue | lose in value.; "The dollar depreciated again" |
| ~ shorten | become short or shorter.; "In winter, the days shorten" |
| ~ thin out | become sparser.; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out" |
| ~ wane, go down, decline | grow smaller.; "Interest in the project waned" |
| ~ wane | decrease in phase.; "the moon is waning" |
| ~ wane | become smaller.; "Interest in his novels waned" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ decrescendo | grow quieter.; "The music decrescendoes here" |
| v. (social) | 24. fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| ~ fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| v. (social) | 25. fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (possession) | 26. 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 27. fall | move in a specified direction.; "The line of men fall forward" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (stative) | 28. fall | be due.; "payments fall on the 1st of the month" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (social) | 29. fall | lose one's chastity.; "a fallen woman" |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| ~ fall | yield to temptation or sin.; "Adam and Eve fell" |
| v. (possession) | 30. fall | to be given by right or inheritance.; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (possession) | 31. accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (possession) | 32. fall, light | 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" |
| v. (possession) | 33. devolve, fall, pass, return | 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 34. fall | slope downward.; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (motion) | 35. fall, fall down | lose an upright position suddenly.; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ fall | drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" |
| v. (motion) | 36. fall | drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (contact) | 37. fall, flow, hang | fall or flow in a certain way.; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" |
| v. (change) | 38. fall | assume a disappointed or sad expression.; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest 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 | be cast down.; "his eyes fell" |
| v. (change) | 39. 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" |
| v. (change) | 40. fall | come out; issue.; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| v. (change) | 41. fall | be born, used chiefly of lambs.; "The lambs fell in the afternoon" |
| ~ be born | come into existence through birth.; "She was born on a farm" |
| v. (change) | 42. fall | begin vigorously.; "The prisoners fell to work right away" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 43. fall | go as if by falling.; "Grief fell from our hearts" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (change) | 44. descend, fall, settle | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ 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" |
| tumble | | |
| n. (act) | 1. tumble | an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end. |
| ~ acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt | a stunt performed by an acrobat. |
| ~ flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset, somerset | an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return. |
| v. (motion) | 2. topple, tumble | fall down, as if collapsing.; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | 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" |
| ~ keel over | turn over and fall.; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over" |
| v. (motion) | 3. tip, topple, tumble | cause to topple or tumble by pushing. |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (motion) | 4. tumble | roll over and over, back and forth. |
| ~ roll over | make a rolling motion or turn.; "The dog rolled over" |
| v. (motion) | 5. tumble, whirl, whirl around | fly around.; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 6. break down, collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble | fall apart.; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| v. (contact) | 7. tumble | throw together in a confused mass.; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern" |
| ~ throw together, jumble, scramble | bring into random order. |
| v. (cognition) | 8. catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig | understand, usually after some initial difficulty.; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| v. (change) | 9. tumble | fall suddenly and sharply.; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency" |
| ~ drop | go down in value.; "Stock prices dropped" |
| v. (change) | 10. tumble | put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying.; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| v. (change) | 11. tumble | suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat. |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| v. (body) | 12. tumble | do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully. |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ roll | execute a roll, in tumbling.; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
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