Fall

Meaning

Verb

●

To be

downwards.

To

to a lower

under the effect of gravity.

To

, to

or descend.

To come

by

down.

To

the

, to

oneself.

To be

to the ground.

●

To

downwards.

To let

; to drop.

To

; to depress.

●

In American English & British English:

To

downwards.

To

; to

down.

●

To change, often negatively.

To become.

To

; to be

or defeated.

To become lower (

,

, etc.).

●

To change, often negatively.

To

, especially in

or by disease.

●

To

(on a certain day of the week,

, or

); to happen.

●

To be

to; to

through

,

, or inheritance.

●

To

; to

or lower.

●

To

forth.

●

To

forth into life; to be

; said of the

of certain animals.

●

To

or

; to become

; to

into

,

, or sin.

●

To become

or

; to be

than before.

●

To

a look of

or

; to become or

; said of the face.

●

To

; to

; to

or

(upon).

●

To

with

,

, or

; to

or hurry.

●

To be

or

carelessly.

●

To

down (

under the influence

of gravity).

Noun

●

The

of

to a lower

under the effect of gravity.

●

A

,

, etc.

●

In American English & Canadian English:

The time of the year when the

from the

;

; the

of the year between the

autumnal equinox

and the

solstice.

●

A

of

or status.

●

That which

or cascades.

●

In Cricket & Sports:

A

or circumstance.

The

of a

being out.

●

In Curling & Sports:

A

or circumstance.

A

in the

which

into an area to

in a given direction.

●

In Sports & Wrestling:

A

or circumstance.

An

of a

being

to the mat.

●

A

for women

long

of

on a

,

to

loss.

●

In American English:

Blame or

for a

or misdeed.

●

In Nautical:

The part of the

of a

to which the power is

in

(usu. plural).

●

An

Scots

unit of measure

to

ells.

●

A

,

of

part of a

,

between the

and the cracker.

●

The

, on a

, that

the keyboard

●

In Nautical:

The

of a

whale.

Intj

●

In Nautical:

The

given when a

is

, or harpooned.

Name

●

The

of

into a state of

, as

by the

of Adam and Eve.

●

A surname.

Sourced from

Origin

fall

English

fallen

Middle English (1100-1500)

feallan

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

Sourced from

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