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Clues for the word "FALL"

We've had 142 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 274 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on March 30, 2026.

Definition of fall

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.
• 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 issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.
• 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.
• v. t. - To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
• 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.
• 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 sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.
• 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 happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.
• v. t. - To come; to occur; to arrive.
• v. t. - To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.
• 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 belong or appertain.
• 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 let fall; to drop.
• v. t. - To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice.
• v. t. - To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. t. - To bring forth; as, to fall lambs.
• v. t. - To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree.
• 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.
• n. - The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
• n. - Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
• n. - Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.
• n. - The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.
• n. - Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
• n. - A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.
• n. - Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
• 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.
• 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. - Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
• n. - The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
• n. - That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
• n. - The act of felling or cutting down.
• 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. - Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.
• n. - That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

Last Seen In

• Daily Cryptic - March 30, 2026
• LA Times - February 02, 2026
• LA Times - November 09, 2025
• Mirror Daily - October 06, 2025
• LA Times - September 29, 2025
• Daily American - September 19, 2025
• New York Times - September 12, 2025
• Evening Standard Easy - September 02, 2025
• Mirror Daily - September 01, 2025
• LA Times - August 27, 2025
• Evening Standard Cryptic - August 15, 2025
• Daily Quick - June 04, 2025
• Daily American - May 06, 2025
• Evening Standard Easy - April 29, 2025
• King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 17, 2025
• LA Times - April 13, 2025
• Evening Standard Cryptic - April 10, 2025
• Mirror Daily - March 13, 2025
• Evening Standard Cryptic - February 24, 2025
• Mirror Daily - December 31, 2024
• Evening Standard Quick - November 28, 2024
• Daily American - November 27, 2024
• Evening Standard Easy - November 12, 2024
• Daily American - November 03, 2024
• Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2024
• Evening Standard Cryptic - July 17, 2024
• Penny Dell Daily - July 11, 2024
• Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2024
• Evening Standard Easy - June 20, 2024
• Evening Standard Cryptic - June 13, 2024
• And in 244 more crossword puzzles...