1. Having dropped by the force of gravity
   "fallen leaves covered the forest floor"; "sat on a fallen tree trunk" 
2. Having fallen in or collapsed
   "a fallen building" 
3. Having lost your chastity
   "a fallen woman" 
4. Killed in battle
   "to honour fallen soldiers"

1. Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
   "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse" 
2. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
   "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
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See also: break, come apart, crumble, dawdle, dead, destroyed, down, drop away, drop off, Fall, fall apart, fall away, fall back, fall behind, fall flat, fall for, fall in, fall through, faller, flop, founder, lag, lose, recede, separate, slip, split up, unchaste

Type of: be, be born, begin, buy the farm [N. Amer], cash in one's chips, change, change hands, change magnitude, change owners, change posture, change state, choke, come, come about, come forth, come out, commence, conk, croak, decease, die, disappear, drop dead, egress, emerge, exit, expire, fail, fall out, get, get down, give-up the ghost, go, go away, go forth, go on, go wrong, hap, happen, incline, issue, kick the bucket, leave office, locomote, miscarry, move, occur, pass, pass away, pass off, perish, pitch, pop off, pop one's clogs, quit, resign, set about, set out, sin, slope, snuff it, start, start out, step down, take place, transgress, travel, trespass, turn, vanish, yield

Antonym: rise

Encyclopedia: Fall Fall, I Will Follow

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