S: (v) descend, fall, go down, come 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"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) fall, come (come under, be classified or included) "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
S: (v) precipitate, come down, fall (fall from clouds) "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
S: (v) fall (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin) "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) fall (be captured) "The cities fell to the enemy"
S: (v) fall (occur at a specified time or place) "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
S: (v) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall (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"
S: (v) weaken (become weaker) "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
S: (v) attenuate (become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude)
S: (v) refine (attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying) "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
S: (v) melt, disappear, evaporate (become less intense and fade away gradually) "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
S: (v) die down (become progressively weaker) "the laughter died down"
S: (v) collapse (lose significance, effectiveness, or value) "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
S: (v) fade, melt (become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly) "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
S: (v) bog down, bog (cause to slow down or get stuck) "The vote would bog down the house"
S: (v) clog, constipate (impede with a clog or as if with a clog) "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
S: (v) delay, detain, hold up (cause to be slowed down or delayed) "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
S: (v) stonewall (engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate) "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"
S: (v) catch (delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned) "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"
S: (v) stall (deliberately delay an event or action) "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
S: (v) buy time (act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage)
S: (v) fall (yield to temptation or sin) "Adam and Eve fell"
S: (v) fall (lose office or power) "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) fall (to be given by right or inheritance) "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
S: (v) accrue, fall (come into the possession of) "The house accrued to the oldest son"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) fall, return, pass, devolve (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"
S: (v) fall (slope downward) "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
S: (v) 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"
S: (v) fall (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position) "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
S: (v) hang, fall, flow (fall or flow in a certain way) "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
S: (v) fall (assume a disappointed or sad expression) "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
S: (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering) "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"