fell

Meanings

• the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
• seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
• the act of felling something (as a tree)
• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
• pass away rapidly
• sew a seam by folding the edges
• descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
  • "The branch fell from the tree"
  • "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
• move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  • "The curtain fell on the diva"
  • "Her hand went up and then fell again"
• pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
  • "She fell ill"
  • "They fell out of favor"
  • "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
• come under, be classified or included
• fall from clouds
• suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
• die, as in battle or in a hunt
  • "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"
  • "The shooting victim fell dead"
• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
  • "Light fell on her face"
• be captured
  • "The cities fell to the enemy"
• occur at a specified time or place
• decrease in size, extent, or range
  • "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"
  • "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"
  • "his voice fell to a whisper"
• yield to temptation or sin
  • "Adam and Eve fell"
• lose office or power
  • "The government fell overnight"
  • "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
• to be given by assignment or distribution
  • "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"
  • "The onus fell on us"
  • "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student"
• move in a specified direction
• be due
• lose one's chastity
• to be given by right or inheritance
  • "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
• come into the possession of
• fall to somebody by assignment or lot
  • "The task fell to me"
  • "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
• be inherited by
  • "The estate fell to my sister"
• slope downward
• lose an upright position suddenly
  • "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"
  • "Her hair fell across her forehead"
• drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
  • "She fell back in her chair"
  • "He fell to his knees"
• fall or flow in a certain way
• assume a disappointed or sad expression
  • "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"
  • "his crest fell"
• be cast down
  • "his eyes fell"
• come out; issue
  • "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
• be born, used chiefly of lambs
  • "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
• begin vigorously
  • "The prisoners fell to work right away"
• go as if by falling
  • "Grief fell from our hearts"
• come as if by falling
  • "Night fell"
  • "Silence fell"
• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Synonyms

accrue, barbarous, brutal, come, come down, cruel, cut down, decrease, descend, devolve, diminish, drop, fall, fall down, felled seam, flow, fly, go down, hang, hide, lessen, light, pass, precipitate, return, roughshod, savage, settle, shine, strike, strike down, vanish, vicious