fall

fall: verb (past fell; past participle fallen)

1》 move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

    ↘(fall off) become detached and drop to the ground.

    ↘hang down.

    ↘slope downwards.

    ↘(of a person's face) show dismay or disappointment by appearing to droop.

2》 cease to be standing or upright; collapse.

3》 decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality.

4》 pass into a specified state: the buildings fell into disrepair.

    ↘occur or arrive.

    ↘(fall to doing something) begin to do something.

5》 be captured or defeated.

    ↘Cricket (of a wicket) be taken by the bowling side.

    ↘archaic yield to temptation.

6》 be classified in the way specified.

noun

1》 an act of falling.

    ↘Wrestling a move which pins the opponent's shoulders on the ground for a count of three.

    ↘a downward difference in height between parts of a surface.

    ↘a sudden onset or arrival.

2》 a thing which falls or has fallen.

    ↘a waterfall.

3》 a decrease.

4》 a defeat or downfall.

    ↘(the Fall of Man) the lapse of humankind into a state of sin, ascribed in Jewish and Christian theology to the disobedience of Adam and Eve.

5》 N. Amer. autumn.

Phrases

fall foul (or N. Amer. afoul) of come into conflict with.

fall in (or into) line conform. [with ref. to military formation.]

fall into place begin to make sense.

fall over oneself to do something informal be excessively eager to do something.

fall short (of)

1》 (of a missile) fail to reach its target.

2》 be deficient or inadequate.

take the fall N. Amer. informal incur blame or punishment in the place of another.

Phrasal verbs

fall about Brit. informal laugh uncontrollably.

fall apart (or to pieces) informal lose one's capacity to cope.

fall back retreat.

fall back on have recourse to when in difficulty.

fall down fail.

fall for informal

1》 fall in love with.

2》 be deceived by.

fall in take one's place in a military formation.

fall in with

1》 meet by chance and become involved with.

2》 agree to.

fall on/upon

1》 attack fiercely or unexpectedly.

2》 (of someone's eyes) be directed towards.

3》 be the responsibility of.

fall out

1》 have an argument.

2》 leave one's place in a military formation.

3》 happen.

fall through fail.

fall to become the duty of.

↘(of property) revert to the ownership of.

Origin

OE fallan, feallan, of Gmc origin; the noun is partly from ON fall 'downfall, sin'.

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Synonyms:

Drop, descend, sink, drop down, Descent, dropping / Pass, come, be transferred, Discharge (of a river), emptying, disemboguement / Be dropped, be uttered carelessly, drop, Autumn, fall of the leaf / Declivity, slope, inclination / Be prostrated, fall down, Tumble, falling / Sink, be lowered, be depressed, Cataract, cascade, waterfall / Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away, Extent of descent, amount of fall / Sin, err, transgress, lapse, trip, trespass, commit a fault, do amiss, go astray, Destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, downfall / Die, perish, come to destruction, Degradation, loss of eminence / Empty, disembogue, flow, be discharged, Apostasy, loss of innocence, lapse, declension, slip, going astray, failure / Happen, befall, come, Diminution, decrease, decline / Become (sick, asleep, in love, etc.), get, Sinking (of the voice), cadence, close

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Fall — (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa llein… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fall — [fôl] vi. fell, fallen, falling [ME fallen < OE feallan, to fall, akin to Ger fallen < IE base * phol , to fall > Lith púolu, to fall] I to come down by the force of gravity; drop; descend 1. to come down because detached, pushed,… … English World dictionary
Fall — bezeichnet: Absturz (Unfall), ein Sturz aus gewisser Höhe Freier Fall, die durch Gravitation bewirkte Bewegung eines Körpers Fall (Tau), in der Seemannssprache eine Leine zum Hochziehen und Herablassen von Segeln, Ruderblättern oder Schwertern… … Deutsch Wikipedia
fall — ► VERB (past fell; past part. fallen) 1) move rapidly and without control from a higher to a lower level. 2) collapse to the ground. 3) (fall off) become detached and drop to the ground. 4) hang down. 5) (of someone s f … English terms dictionary
Fall — Fall, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fall [1] — Fall, 1) die Bewegung, in welcher alle Körper von geringerer Masse, in Folge der Anziehungskraft der Massen gegen den Mittelpunkt größerer Körper, mit einer der größeren Masse letzterer proportionirten Schnelligkeit getrieben werden, in so fern… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Fall — Fall, v. t. 1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fall — Fall, I Will Follow Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fall, I Will Follow Álbum de Lacrimas Profundere Publicación 2002 Género(s) Gothic Rock … Wikipedia Español
fall — fall, drop, sink, slump, subside are comparable when they mean to go or to let go downward freely. They are seldom close synonyms, however, because of various specific and essential implications that tend to separate and distinguish them. Fall,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fall — fall·er; prat·fall; re·fall; crest·fall·en·ly; crest·fall·en·ness; pratt·fall; … English syllables
fall — [n1] descent; lowering abatement, belly flop*, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header*, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive*, plummet, plunge, pratfall*,… … New thesaurus

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