fall

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move or drop down toward the ground, usually by accident.

   She slipped on the ice and fell.

2. 2
   verb

   To come down from the sky, as rain or snow does.

   Snow was falling all through the night.

3. 3
   noun

   A downward movement; the act of falling.

   He had a bad fall and broke his arm.

4. 4
   verb

   To become lower in amount, level, or strength.

   Prices fell sharply over the winter.

5. 5
   verb

   To be defeated, ruined, or lose power.

   The ancient city finally fell to its enemies.

Common collocations

• fallen tree Adjective + noun
• fall apart Verb + adverb
• fall off Verb + adverb
• fall over Verb + adverb
• fall under Verb + preposition/particle

Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to collapse, fall; to destroy”). Cognates Cognate with Scots faw (“to fall”), Yola vale, vall, vole (“to fall”), North Frisian faal, fåle (“to fall”), Saterland Frisian faale (“to fall”), West Frisian falle (“to fall”), Bavarian foin (“to fall”), Cimbrian ballan, vallan (“to fall”), Dutch vallen (“to fall”), German and Low German fallen (“to fall”), Luxembourgish falen (“to fa…

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