fall

Etymology 1
Verb from, from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun from, , , from , and , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

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”.

Verb



 * 1)  To be moved downwards.
 * 2) To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
 * 3) To come down, to drop or descend.
 * 4) To come as if by dropping down.
 * 5) * 1971, Henry Raup Wagner, Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca:
 * 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.
 * 1) To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
 * 2) To be brought to the ground.
 * 3)  To move downwards.
 * 4)  To let fall; to drop.
 * 5)  To sink; to depress.
 * 6)  To fell; to cut down.
 * 7)  To change, often negatively.
 * 8)  To become.
 * 9) * 1971, Henry Raup Wagner, Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca:
 * Shortly afterwards a breeze came up from the N and then it fell calm,
 * 1)  To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
 * 2)  To die, especially in battle or by disease.
 * 3)  To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
 * 4)  To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
 * 5)  To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
 * 6)  To diminish; to lessen or lower.
 * 7)  To bring forth.
 * 8)  To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
 * 9)  To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
 * 10)  To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
 * 11)  To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
 * 12)  To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
 * 13) * 1879,, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
 * Primitive mendo not make laws, they fall into customs.
 * 1)  To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
 * 2) * 1881,
 * They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
 * 1)  To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
 * 2)  To hang down under the influence of gravity.
 * 3)  To visit; to go to a place.
 * We'll fall over to the club tonight.
 * 1)  To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
 * 2)  To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
 * 3)  To diminish; to lessen or lower.
 * 4)  To bring forth.
 * 5)  To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
 * 6)  To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
 * 7)  To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
 * 8)  To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
 * 9)  To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
 * 10) * 1879,, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
 * Primitive mendo not make laws, they fall into customs.
 * 1)  To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
 * 2) * 1881,
 * They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
 * 1)  To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
 * 2)  To hang down under the influence of gravity.
 * 3)  To visit; to go to a place.
 * We'll fall over to the club tonight.
 * 1)  To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
 * 2)  To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
 * 3)  To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
 * 4)  To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
 * 5)  To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
 * 6) * 1879,, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
 * Primitive mendo not make laws, they fall into customs.
 * 1)  To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
 * 2) * 1881,
 * They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
 * 1)  To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
 * 2)  To hang down under the influence of gravity.
 * 3)  To visit; to go to a place.
 * We'll fall over to the club tonight.
 * 1) * 1879,, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
 * Primitive mendo not make laws, they fall into customs.
 * 1)  To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
 * 2) * 1881,
 * They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
 * 1)  To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
 * 2)  To hang down under the influence of gravity.
 * 3)  To visit; to go to a place.
 * We'll fall over to the club tonight.
 * 1)  To hang down under the influence of gravity.
 * 2)  To visit; to go to a place.
 * We'll fall over to the club tonight.
 * 1)  To visit; to go to a place.
 * We'll fall over to the club tonight.

Synonyms

 * , oneself, prostrate oneself
 * : be beaten by, be defeated by, be overthrown by, be smitten by, be vanquished by,
 * be the responsibility of, be up to
 * : dip, drop
 * : cut down, fell, knock down, knock over, strike down
 * be the responsibility of, be up to
 * : dip, drop
 * : cut down, fell, knock down, knock over, strike down
 * : cut down, fell, knock down, knock over, strike down
 * : cut down, fell, knock down, knock over, strike down

Antonyms

 * , up, rise
 * , pick oneself up,
 * : beat, defeat, overthrow, smite, vanquish
 * : rise

Noun



 * 1) The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
 * 2) A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4) A loss of greatness or status.
 * 5) That which falls or cascades.
 * 6)  A crucial event or circumstance.
 * 7)  The action of a batsman being out.
 * 8)  A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
 * 9)  An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
 * 10) A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
 * 11)  Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
 * 12)  The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
 * 13) An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
 * 14) A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
 * 15) The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
 * 1)  Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
 * 2)  The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
 * 3) An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
 * 4) A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
 * 5) The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
 * 1) An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
 * 2) A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
 * 3) The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
 * 1) The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.

Usage notes
The phrase have a fall, as opposed to or, is typically reserved for older people for whom a fall is more likely to be a medical emergency. This phrase can be however considered patronising by those it is applied to.

Synonyms

 * , harvest,  back end
 * , harvest,  back end
 * , harvest,  back end

Etymology 2
Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of.

Interjection

 * 1)  The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.

Noun

 * 1)  The chasing of a hunted whale.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) fortune-telling

Adjective

 * 1) bad

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) cliff

Etymology
From, from. The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin.

Noun

 * 1) fall, drop
 * 2) case

Etymology
From, from. The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin.

Noun

 * , drop
 * 1)  case
 * 2)  function; subprogram, usually with formal parameters, returning a data value when called

Noun

 * a
 * 1) case

Related terms

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Noun

 * a
 * 1) case

Etymology
From. Cognate to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) neglect

Etymology
From, from. The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin.

Noun

 * 1) a
 * 2) a fall, loss of greatness or wealth, a bankruptcy
 * 3) a slope, a waterfall, the height of a slope or waterfall
 * 4) a (legal) case
 * 1) a (legal) case
 * 1) a (legal) case
 * 1) a (legal) case