fall
/fɔl/ verb A2- To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. · Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.· I fell unconscious on the floor.
- To come down, to drop or descend. · The rain fell at dawn.
- To come as if by dropping down.
- To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself. · He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
- To be brought to the ground.
- To become (chiefly used with negative states). · Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, grow, wax· She has fallen ill.
- To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated. · Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
- To die, especially in battle or by disease. · This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
He/she/it falls · Past fell · Past participle fallen · -ing form falling
Verb forms
- Base form
- fall
- He/she/it
- falls
- Past
- fell
- Past participle
- fallen
- -ing form
- falling
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- fall about To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat un...
- fall apart To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- fall around To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness,...
- fall away To cease to support a person or cause.
- fall back Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, ...
- fall by To visit unexpectedly; to arrive for a visit without an i...
- fall down To fall to the ground. To collapse.
- fall in To collapse inwards.
- fall into To go into something by falling.
- fall off To become detached or to drop from.
- fall on To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
- fall out To come out of something by falling.
From the library
Meanwhile Fernand made his appearance, poured out for himself a glass of water with a trembling hand; then hastily swallowing it, went to sit down at the first vacant place, and this was, by mere chance, placed next to the seat on which poor Mercédès had fallen half fainting, when released from the warm and affectionate embrace of old Dantès.
I only hope the mischief will fall upon the head of whoever wrought it.”
“Fell into the sea?”
He must have placed it on the table before he was attacked; otherwise, of course, it would have fallen when he fell.
Other matches
- fall The chasing of a hunted whale. B1
- fall The act of moving to a lower position under the... C2
- fall The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpo... C2
- fall about To laugh so much that one's entire body moves s...
- fall apart To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- fall around To fall over continually, especially through dr...
- fall away To cease to support a person or cause.
- fall back Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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