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 fall”), Yiddish פֿאַלן (faln, “to fall”), Danish falde (“to fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish falla (“to fall”), Norwegian Bokmål falle (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk falla, falle (“to fall”); also Latin aboleō (“to destroy; to die”), Ancient Greek ὄλλῡμι (óllūmi, “to destroy; to lose”), Armenian եղեռն (eġeṙn, “crime; calamity, catastrophe; slaughter”), Lithuanian pùlti (“to fall; to attack, assault”).
Noun from Middle English fal, fall, falle, from Old English feall, ġefeall (“a falling, fall”) and Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”). Cognate with Yola vall (“fall”), Dutch val (“fall”), German Fall (“fall”), Danish fald (“fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fall (“fall”).
Sense of "autumn" is attested by the 1660s in England as a shortening of fall of the leaf (1540s), from the falling of leaves during this season. Along with autumn, it mostly replaced the older name harvest as that name began to be associated strictly with the act of harvesting. Compare spring, which began as a shortening of “spring of the leaf”.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
the fall of the water
the fall of the snow
the fall of the leaf
(countable, uncountable) A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
(Canada, US, archaic, countable, in Britain, uncountable) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
A friend has pointed out to me the following remark on this word: "In North America the season in which this [the fall of the leaf] takes place, derives its name from that circumstance, and instead of autumn is universally called the fall." [brackets in original] 1816, John Pickering, A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words Which Have Been Supposed to Be Peculiar to the United States of America:
(countable, uncountable) A waterfall.
The celebrated fall of the Liffey, near Ballymore Eustace, is named Pool-a-Phooka, or The Pooka's Hole. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 371:
(countable, uncountable) A loss of greatness or status.
the fall of Rome
(countable, uncountable) That which falls or cascades.
The heat of Daniel's gaze was nearly incendiary as he took in the fall of her hair spilling across her shoulders and down to her elbows. 2011, Elizabeth Camden, The Lady of Bolton Hill, page 162:
A fall of hair tumbled down one side of her body like a veil. 2010, Winter Pennington, Witch Wolf:
(countable, uncountable) The height of that which falls or cascades.
(countable, of a wicket, uncountable) A crucial event or circumstance. ▸ The action of a batsman being out.
(countable, uncountable) A crucial event or circumstance. ▸ A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
(countable, uncountable) A crucial event or circumstance. ▸ An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
(countable, uncountable) A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
Female patients with localized hair loss on the top of scalp could select a fall or a demiwig to camouflage crown and anterior scalp loss. 2004, Zoe Diana Draelos, Hair Care: An Illustrated Dermatologic Handbook, →ISBN, page 202:
(US, countable, informal, uncountable) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
He set up his rival to take the fall.
(countable, uncountable) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
"[...] with one overhauled fall flying and an iron-bound block capering in the air." 1919, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon:
Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
(countable, uncountable) An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
(countable, uncountable) A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
Brooks fitted a new fall to his whip. 1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 113:
(countable, uncountable) The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
(collective, countable, uncountable) A group of woodcock, especially appearing suddenly, as if overnight.
There'll be another frost tonight and no doubt another fall of woodcock in the covers in the morning. 1938 October, “The gentle art of squirrel-shooting”, in Reginald Townsend Townsend, editor, Country Life and the Sportsman, volume 74, Country Life-American Home Corporation:
hen I was spending October on the East Anglian coast, there was a great fall of woodcock 1906 October 17, S. L. Benusan, “The Week-end Papers”, in The Sketch, Ingram Brothers, page 18:
there had been a great fall of woodcock in the night 1876, John Barker, Syria and Egypt Under the Last Five Sultans of Turkey, Tinsley, page 156:
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rise (antonym(s) of “act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity”) · ascent (antonym(s) of “loss of greatness or status”) · increase (antonym(s) of “reduction”) · rise (antonym(s) of “loss of greatness or status”) · ascent (antonym(s) of “act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity”) · rise (antonym(s) of “reduction”)
drop (act of moving to a lower position) · reduction (reduction) · autumn (season) · decrease (reduction) · rap (blame, punishment) · drop (reduction) · downfall (loss of greatness or status) · back end (season) · descent (act of moving to a lower position) · dip (reduction) · lowering (reduction) · harvest (season)
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fi alasmeno (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · uk паді́ння (loss of greatness or status) · ang hryre (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · uk спад (loss of greatness or status) · gl caída (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · es caída (loss of greatness or status) · nl ondergang (loss of greatness or status) · da nedgang (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · sc istrampàda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ia cadita (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sv fall (loss of greatness or status) · sw anguko (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · de Absturz (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · be падзенне (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · zh 落下 (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · fi putoaminen (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · de Niedergang (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · ar وُقُوع (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sv fall (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ar هُوِيّ (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · es matada (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ba төшөү (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · de Untergang (loss of greatness or status) · ckb بەربوون (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · mi takanga (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · kmr keftin (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · uk спад (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · sdn trapintàda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sv nedgång (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · ru спад (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · fo fall (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · no nedgang (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · oc casuda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · hu bukás (loss of greatness or status) · ca caiguda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · it caduta (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sdc caggiùda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · yue 落下 (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · no fall (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · cs pád (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · mi hinganga (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · pl upadek (loss of greatness or status) · pl spadanie (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · eo falo (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · hu zuhanás (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sh pad (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · fr chute (loss of greatness or status) · ro cădere (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · da fald (loss of greatness or status) · la lapsus (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · pt queda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ckb کەوتن (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ms kejatuhan (loss of greatness or status) · mi pāhoro (loss of greatness or status) · nl val (loss of greatness or status) · fi tuho (loss of greatness or status) · mk пад (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ja 落下 (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · de Fall (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · bg падение (loss of greatness or status) · fr chute (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · lzh 蹎 (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · uk паді́ння (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · pl spadek (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ar سُقُوط (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · te పాటు (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sq bie (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · cy cwymp (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · fr déclin (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · ja 没落 (loss of greatness or status) · la casus (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ang hryre (loss of greatness or status) · hy անկում (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · zh 墮落 /堕落 (loss of greatness or status) · ang fiell (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · pt decadência (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · da fald (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · de Fall (loss of greatness or status) · sl padec (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · nl val (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · cy cwymp (loss of greatness or status) · ru паде́ние (loss of greatness or status) · nl verval (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · eo malaltiĝo (loss of greatness or status) · lzh 跕 (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sdc trabintàda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · bg падане (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · rup cãdeare (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · el πτώση (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · mi hinganga (cricket: the act of a batsman being out) · pt queda (loss of greatness or status) · ar طيحة (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ru паде́ние (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · la ruīna (loss of greatness or status) · ar طيحة (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · et kukkumine (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sw anguko (loss of greatness or status) · ko 멸망 (a period of decline before the end — see also decadence) · sdc tamburàda (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · fr déclin (loss of greatness or status) · hy անկում (loss of greatness or status) · csm walí·ŋ- (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · gun 'aa (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · hu esés (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · kmr ketin (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · fur cjadude (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ms kejatuhan (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · ru упадок (loss of greatness or status) · es caída (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point) · sw maanguko (act of moving in gas or vacuum under the effect of gravity from a point to a lower point)
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 fall”), Yiddish פֿאַלן (faln, “to fall”), Danish falde (“to fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish falla (“to fall”), Norwegian Bokmål falle (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk falla, falle (“to fall”); also Latin aboleō (“to destroy; to die”), Ancient Greek ὄλλῡμι (óllūmi, “to destroy; to lose”), Armenian եղեռն (eġeṙn, “crime; calamity, catastrophe; slaughter”), Lithuanian pùlti (“to fall; to attack, assault”).
Noun from Middle English fal, fall, falle, from Old English feall, ġefeall (“a falling, fall”) and Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”). Cognate with Yola vall (“fall”), Dutch val (“fall”), German Fall (“fall”), Danish fald (“fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fall (“fall”).
Sense of "autumn" is attested by the 1660s in England as a shortening of fall of the leaf (1540s), from the falling of leaves during this season. Along with autumn, it mostly replaced the older name harvest as that name began to be associated strictly with the act of harvesting. Compare spring, which began as a shortening of “spring of the leaf”.
Meanings
(intransitive) To be moved downwards. ▸ To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
I fell unconscious on the floor.
There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:
Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
(intransitive) To be moved downwards. ▸ To come down, to drop or descend.
The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead. 2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN:
Her eyes fell on the table, and she advanced into the room wiping her hands on her apron. 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
The rain fell at dawn.
(intransitive) To be moved downwards. ▸ To come as if by dropping down.
And then a sudden calm fell on us like a cloud of fear. There! on the table, lay the Jewel of Seven Stars, shining and sparkling with lurid light, as though each of the seven points of each of the seven stars gleamed through blood! 1904, Bram Stoker, The Jewel of Seven Stars, page 248:
The horse wrangler, a tall, bronzed-face man, waved to the wagon driver. The driver laughed. […] The canvas cover rolled up suddenly and a terrible noise fell over the desert. 1981, Dan Kirby, Schreiber's Choice, Ace Books, →ISBN:
Once or twice a noise fell upon his quick ear, and we halted, he standing revolver in hand in an attitude of defense. Each time, however, we ascertained that we had no occasion for alarm, the noise being made by some animal or bird ... 1898, William Le Queux, Whoso Findeth a Wife, page 256:
Shortly afterwards a breeze came up from the N […] dark clouds closing in over everything. At 3 in the afternoon the breeze came up from the S with a thick drizzle. Thus night fell, and thus we passed the rest of it. 1971, Henry Raup Wagner, Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
(intransitive) To be moved downwards. ▸ To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
(intransitive) To be moved downwards. ▸ To be brought to the ground.
(obsolete, transitive) To move downwards. ▸ To let fall; to drop.
Ghoaſt [of Clarence]. […] / To morrow in the battaile thinke on me, / And fall thy edgeleſſe ſword, diſpaire and die. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
(obsolete, transitive) To move downwards. ▸ To sink; to depress.
to fall the voice
(UK, US, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To move downwards. ▸ To fell; to cut down.
to fall a tree
(copulative, in idiomatic expressions, intransitive) To change, often negatively. ▸ To become (chiefly used with negative states).
She has fallen ill.
When did you first fall in love?
Shortly afterwards a breeze came up from the N and then it fell calm, […] 1971, Henry Raup Wagner, Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
At length they stood at the corner from which they had begun, and it had fallen quite dark, and they were no wiser. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 27:
fall silent, fall sick, fall pregnant, fall victim to something
(intransitive) To change, often negatively. ▸ To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
(euphemistic, formal, intransitive) To change, often negatively. ▸ To die, especially in battle or by disease.
This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
(intransitive) To change, often negatively. ▸ To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished. 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:
Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction. 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Vol.1, pages 284–5:
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.
(Thus D-day fell on June 6 rather than the planned June 5.) 1978, Dwight David Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Letters to Mamie, Doubleday Books:
(intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
The kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
If to her share some female errors fall, / Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto II:
The estate fell to his brother.
And so it falls to me to make this important decision.
(obsolete, transitive) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities. 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC:
(obsolete, transitive) To bring forth.
The shepherd[…]did[…] fall part-colour'd lambs c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
to fall lambs
(intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
another writer, adopting a similar opinion, affirms that it results from the lambs not being docked at a sufficiently early period; for "sometimes the ewe, in the ardour of her maternal affection, chews away the tail from her newly-fallen lamb, and none of these are afterwards affectd by the sturdy; 1869, William Youatt, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, page 382:
The newly fallen lambs are a peculiar sight, as they invariably come spotted or black ; but while the head and legs retain their inky black color, the wool grows out white as with the other Down breeds. 1892, United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, Special Report on the History and Present Condition of the Sheep Industry of the United States, page 422:
My intended remarks are on the cords , and wiping dry the newly fallen calf 1805, John Lawrence, A general treatise on cattle, the ox, the sheep, and the swine, etc, page 100:
As for Calves newly fallen, you must leave them with good Litter of fresh Straw until such qime as the Cows have licked and cleansed them, 1672, The Office of the Good House-wife, page 27:
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 4:1:
(intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
to fall into error; to fall into difficulties; to fall into ruin
(intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:5:
I have observed of late thy looks are fallen. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, page 8:
(intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 3:18:
1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
Primitive men […] do not make laws, they fall into customs.
[…] Polybius tells us, the beſt Government is that which conſiſts of three Forms, Regno, Optimatium, & Populi imperio. Which may be fairly Tranſlated, the Kings, Lords and Commons. […] the Romans fell upon this Model purely by chance, (which I take to have been Nature and common Reaſon) but the Spartans by Thought and Deſign. 1701, [Jonathan Swift], “Chapter I”, in A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, with the Consequences They Had upon Both Those States, London: […] John Nutt […], →OCLC, page 9:
[…]An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
(intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
After arguing, they fell to blows.
They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul. 1881, Benjamin Jowett (Thucydides)
(intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
An unguarded expression fell from his lips.
(intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
Her hair, which curled naturally, fell all over her shoulders. 1878, Gaius Petronius Arbiter, translated by Walter Keating Kelly, Satyricon:
An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.
The flutters of drapery falling from the arms of the two angels in the upper compartment of the ivory, recall those falling from the right-hand arm of the elder to the left in Houvet's Plate 50. 1923, Arthur Kingsley Porter, Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads, volume 1, Marshall Jones Company, page 163:
(intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To visit; to go to a place.
We'll fall over to the club tonight.
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fal
alternative, obsolete
lexicographic
falling
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
lexicographic
falls
Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres
lexicographic
fell
Tense=Past
lexicographic
Antonyms
go up (antonym(s) of “come down”) · defeat (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · pick oneself up (antonym(s) of “come to the ground deliberately”) · overthrow (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · ascend (antonym(s) of “come down”) · rise (become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc)) · get up (antonym(s) of “come to the ground deliberately”) · rise (antonym(s) of “come down”) · smite (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · stand up (antonym(s) of “come to the ground deliberately”) · vanquish (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · beat (collapse, be overthrown or defeated)
drop (come to the ground deliberately) · be the responsibility of (be allotted to) · drop (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · descend (come down) · be defeat by (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · drop (come down) · lower oneself (come to the ground deliberately) · knock over (cause (something) to descend to the ground) · be overthrow by (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · knock down (cause (something) to descend to the ground) · plummet (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · be up to (be allotted to) · be beat by (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · wax · cut down (cause (something) to descend to the ground) · become · fell (cause (something) to descend to the ground) · go · get · be vanquish by (collapse, be overthrown or defeated) · become (become) · come · dip (become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc)) · strike down (cause (something) to descend to the ground) · drop (become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc)) · plunge (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · get (become) · prostrate oneself (come to the ground deliberately) · grow · come down (come down) · turn · die (die) · be smitten by (collapse, be overthrown or defeated)
Translations (431)
sl pasti (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · sa पतति (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · ml വീഴുക (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · et kukkuma (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · syl ꠙꠠꠣ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kk жығылу (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · non falla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · da blive (become or change into) · fi tulla (become or change into) · it rovesciare (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · bg понижавам се (come down or descend — see also descend) · is detta (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · avd بکتن (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ba ауыу (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · io falar (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ml അധഃപതിക്കുക (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kmr keftin (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb falle (come down or descend — see also descend) · el πέφτω (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · ky жыгыл- (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nn falla (come down or descend — see also descend) · bg падам (prostrate oneself) · zh 下降 (come down or descend — see also descend) · pt falhar (be allotted to — see also up to) · ko 낙하하다 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · rm crudar (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ist caì (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · alt тӱжер (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 潰れる (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · izh lankiissa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ar سَقَطَ (die — see also die) · chr ᎠᏐᎣᏍᎦ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hu zuhan (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fy falle (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv falla (be allotted to — see also up to) · zea valle (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · gl caerse (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · yi פֿאַלן (come down or descend — see also descend) · nn falle (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr tomber (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · uk упа́сти (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · de fallen (become or change into) · dlm cadar (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · txb klāy- (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kum авмакъ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · st wa (come down or descend — see also descend) · bg падам (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · vec cascar (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sga do·tuit (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · el πέφτω (come down or descend — see also descend) · fa شدن (become or change into) · fi kukistua (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · nb tilfalle (be allotted to — see also up to) · osx fallan (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kk құлау (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mk па́да (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zh 降 (come down or descend — see also descend) · fr tomber (become or change into) · sh па̏дати (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy գալ (come down or descend — see also descend) · sv kasta sig (prostrate oneself) · bor wudu (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi pudota (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pl padać (come down or descend — see also descend) · es caer (to become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before — see also lapse, incur, relapse) · hy ընկնել (come down or descend — see also descend) · ia cader (be allotted to — see also up to) · sa पतति (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · lus boral (die — see also die) · de werden (become or change into) · mi taka (be allotted to — see also up to) · hu esik (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · se gahččat (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb falle (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · de zufallen (be allotted to — see also up to) · tk çökmek (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fur čhadê (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nl worden (become or change into) · csb padac (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · la cado (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zh 落 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · es recaer en/sobre (be allotted to — see also up to) · bo འཛག (come down or descend — see also descend) · it cadere (be allotted to — see also up to) · mba hahulog (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pt tombar (die — see also die) · uk па́дати (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fo falla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · vi té (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv bli (become or change into) · nb felle (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pt cair (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · fur cjadê (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · vi rớt (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nn falla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru па́дать (come down or descend — see also descend) · uk па́дати (come down or descend — see also descend) · fr revenir (be allotted to — see also up to) · ast cayer (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · be ўпа́сці (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ne खस्नु (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nn detta (come down or descend — see also descend) · bo འབབ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · qu urmay (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · atv тӱжерге (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · qu ishkiy (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · af val (come down or descend — see also descend) · de fallen (die — see also die) · sc orrúe (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ar طاح (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · gl caer (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv stupa (die — see also die) · om kufuu (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zdj uɗanguha (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · izh tokkua (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · cy syrthio (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · srn fadon (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hu elhullik (die — see also die) · sv trilla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru поги́бнуть (die — see also die) · uk заги́нути (die — see also die) · mi hapuru (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · lus tlù (prostrate oneself) · ln kwa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sh ùpasti (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · de fallen (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · ro cădea (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ar سَقَطَ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · no kaste seg (prostrate oneself) · fr retomber (be allotted to — see also up to) · cy syrthio (come down or descend — see also descend) · mnc ᡨᡠᡥᡝᠮᠪᡳ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pl polegnąć (die — see also die) · nl vallen (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · de fallen (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi kaatua (die — see also die) · uk впа́сти (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · az düşmək (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy ընկնել (prostrate oneself) · nn kaste seg (prostrate oneself) · nn dette (come down or descend — see also descend) · ja 転ぶ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi sataa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bo རིལ (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · pt ficar (become or change into) · sk padnúť (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hu jut (be allotted to — see also up to) · vi xuống (come down or descend — see also descend) · ta பெய் (come down or descend — see also descend) · da kaste sig (prostrate oneself) · gun 'a (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zh 成為 /成为 (become or change into) · cs padnout (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · dsb padaś (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pap kai (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mrw olog (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pl spaść (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zh 落下 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bo མར་འབབ (come down or descend — see also descend) · bo ལྷུང (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pt tombar (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · ltg krist (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kg bwa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr devenir (become or change into) · grc καταλύομαι (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · izh puntsahtaa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru сни́зиться (come down or descend — see also descend) · it cadere (die — see also die) · it prostrarsi (prostrate oneself) · ang feallan (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru пасть (prostrate oneself) · nb bli (become or change into) · sh pȁdati (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv falla (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · es caerse (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb falle (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · ta விழு (come down or descend — see also descend) · fi jäädä (be allotted to — see also up to) · fi laskeutua (come down or descend — see also descend) · fr mourir (die — see also die) · mi pore (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv falla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · qu işkii (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr chuter (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · eve тиктэй (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mi pāhoro (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · mww poob (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bg падам (die — see also die) · kum тёгюльмек (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 落下する (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · eu erori (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fa فتادن (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi hävitä (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · de fallen (be allotted to — see also up to) · bg спадам (come down or descend — see also descend) · it cadere (become or change into) · he נָפַל (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · scn càdiri (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ga tit (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · khb ᦷᦎᧅ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · rup cad (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ba йығылыу (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · bo འཛག (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ia cader (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr incomber (be allotted to — see also up to) · fr tomber (come down or descend — see also descend) · it cascare (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi kaatua (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · be па́даць (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · uk зни́зитися (come down or descend — see also descend) · mi taka (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ka დავარდნა (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sga do·tuit (come down or descend — see also descend) · lus tlà (come down or descend — see also descend) · ka ჩამოგდება (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · lv nokrist (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sc orrúere (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · da falde (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · arc ܢܦܠ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · uk полягти́ (die — see also die) · bg па́дам (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr descendre (come down or descend — see also descend) · uga 𐎐𐎔𐎍 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kmr ketin (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · tet monu (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sah оҕут (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · aa rade (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · te పడు (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bo ཕྱག་འཚལ (prostrate oneself) · cy syrthio (prostrate oneself) · mfe tonbe (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ka დამხობა (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · it scendere (come down or descend — see also descend) · chr ᎦᎶᏍᎦ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 崩れる (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · es caer (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · be упа́сці (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr être renversé (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · frr faal (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 降る (come down or descend — see also descend) · id tumbang (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ang crincgan (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · su labuh (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ofs falla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · gug 'a (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ceb hulog (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hu elesik (die — see also die) · id jatuh (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · el πέφτω (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ur گرنا (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sq bie (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · vec cadare (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · oc càder (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · tr düşmek (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · njo-jgl tsük (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · uk поляга́ти (die — see also die) · chr ᎦᏙᎣᏍᎦ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv falla (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · qu urmai (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · it morire (die — see also die) · hi गिरना (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · gd tuit (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ko 떨어지다 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · uk ги́нути (die — see also die) · ko 하락하다 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sw -anguka (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ba ҡолау (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · bqi وستن (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr tomber (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nl vallen (become or change into) · sh у̀пасти (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ka წაქცევა (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 落ちる (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb dette (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · izh puota (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ar وقع (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pt cair (prostrate oneself) · bo མར་ཤོར (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · ba төшөү (come down or descend — see also descend) · ru упа́сть (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · jv tiba (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · id runtuh (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · eo fali (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · gug kúi (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · vi rơi (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ka დაცემა (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · lv krist (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 倒れる (die — see also die) · uk зни́жуватися (come down or descend — see also descend) · ar وَقَعَ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · izh sortaa (die — see also die) · sa पतति (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ast caer (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bg падам се (be allotted to — see also up to) · izh sortua (die — see also die) · lo ຕົກ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy ընկնել (be allotted to — see also up to) · pt cair (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · it deporre (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · ota دوشمك (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy ընկնել (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mi ngahoro (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ckb کەوتن (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · izh langeta (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ar تَسَاقَطَ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 降下 (come down or descend — see also descend) · fi kaatua (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · el πέφτω (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · cs padat (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sk padať (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb kaste seg (prostrate oneself) · yi פֿאַלן (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · de fallen (come down or descend — see also descend) · oc caire (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 倒れる (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · nb dette (come down or descend — see also descend) · rgn cadér (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru упа́сть (come down or descend — see also descend) · et langema (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru погиба́ть (die — see also die) · th ร่วง (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · tk gaçmak (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ko 쓰러지다 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja ひれふす (prostrate oneself) · nap cadé (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · it diventare (become or change into) · nds fallen (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · id gugur (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pt cair (come down or descend — see also descend) · ka ჩამოვარდნა (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · bo ཐུར་འབབ (come down or descend — see also descend) · oj bangishin (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ttj -gwa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ar هَوَى (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zh 掉 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru пасть (die — see also die) · ist cascà (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · km ធ្លាក់ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ky түшүү (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · da falde (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · as পৰা (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fr choir (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · cy cwympo (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · grc πίπτω (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kum йыгъылмакъ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mfe tonbe (come down or descend — see also descend) · ca caure (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mn унах (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · kum тюшмек (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ko 넘어지다 (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · pl paść (prostrate oneself) · oc càser (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sv falla (come down or descend — see also descend) · st wa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · uz tushmoq (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi kaatua (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · la cadō (die — see also die) · uk па́дати (prostrate oneself) · kix ûi (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · goh fallan (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · th หล่น (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · da falde (come down or descend — see also descend) · vi ngã (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 降下する (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · el πέφτω (die — see also die) · km រលំ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ssy rade (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ga tit (come down or descend — see also descend) · an cayer (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ur پڑنا (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fo fella (die — see also die) · nn detta (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy ընկնել (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · ta விழு (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · tt егылырга (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · da falde (die — see also die) · it cadere (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · xdq кабирка́ра (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fi heittäytyä (prostrate oneself) · is falla (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · it divenire (become or change into) · pl spadać (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · de gheie (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mi horo (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hi पड़ना (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · amw ܐܠܚܩ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · zh 成為 /成为 (be allotted to — see also up to) · ar طاح (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb falle (die — see also die) · nb falle (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · mi hinga (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · lus tlà (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · or ପଡିବା (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · rap hinga (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bh गिरल (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy ընկնել (be brought to earth or be overthrown) · ru снижа́ться (come down or descend — see also descend) · it arrivare (be allotted to — see also up to) · lol kwa (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · af val (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · bn পড়া (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · th ตก (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ang drēosan (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · nb falle (be allotted to — see also up to) · pt cair (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · alt јыгылар (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · chr ᎪᎰᏍᎦ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 斃れる (die — see also die) · nn falle (come down or descend — see also descend) · ru упа́сть (prostrate oneself) · it cadere (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ba төшөү (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · my ကျ (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · sl pasti (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · tsg hulug (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · hy ընկնել (die — see also die) · bg изпадам (become or change into) · lt kristi (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · uz tushmoq (come down or descend — see also descend) · nn dette (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · osx driosan (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · tg афтодан (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · fa افتادن (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ja 潰える (collapse; be overthrown or defeated — see also collapse) · ja 降る (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru па́дать (prostrate oneself) · ba һәләк булыу (die — see also die) · es caer (become or change into) · lt nukristi (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity) · ru па́дать (move to a lower position under the effect of gravity)