Dictionary

fall down en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ (General-American)
• /fɑl ˈdaʊn/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /fɔːl ˈdaʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse.
   • Ring a-ring o' roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version)
   • He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure." 1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:
   • The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down.
   • Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
2. To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To fail; to make a mistake.
   • That is where your reasoning falls down.

Forms

Deriveds

fall down on · downfall · falldown

Relateds

fall out · fall away · fall off

Synonyms

collapse (collapse) · drop (fall to the ground) · fall (collapse) · fall (fall to the ground)

Translations (44)

la decido (to collapse) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (to fall to the ground) · hi ध्वंस (to collapse) · ru па́дать (to fall to the ground) · de niederfallen (to fall to the ground) · rgn cadér (to fall to the ground) · ko 떨어지다 (to fall to the ground) · fr tomber (to fall to the ground) · pl upadać (to collapse) · ml വീഴുക (to fall to the ground) · grc καταπίπτω (to fall to the ground) · wa toumer djus (to fall to the ground) · cmn 落下 (to fall to the ground) · mhr велаш (to fall to the ground) · de umfallen (to fall to the ground) · cs selhat (to collapse) · pl upaść (to collapse) · pl przewrócić się (to fall to the ground) · ne खस्नु (to fall to the ground) · fi pudota (to fall to the ground) · pl przewracać się (to fall to the ground) · cy syrthio (to fall to the ground) · ru упа́сть (to fall to the ground) · fi tippua (to fall to the ground) · ja 落ちる (to fall to the ground) · hi विनाश (to collapse) · hu leesik (to fall to the ground) · cs spadnout (to fall to the ground) · yue 跌 (to fall to the ground) · la decido (to fall to the ground) · hi नाश (to collapse) · hi गिरना (to fall to the ground) · it cadere (to fall to the ground) · hi विध्वंस (to collapse) · nl neervallen (to fall to the ground) · fi romahtaa (to collapse) · sw -anguka (to fall to the ground) · hu összedől (to collapse) · uga 𐎐𐎔𐎍 (to fall to the ground) · cy cwympo (to fall to the ground) · sa पतति (to fall to the ground) · cmn 倒下 (to fall to the ground) · wa tchaire djus (to fall to the ground) · fa زمین خوردن (to fall to the ground)