verb
- Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
- usage: "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
- Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.
- usage: "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
- Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
- synonyms: condescend, deign, descend
- Come as if by falling.
- usage: "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
adjective
- Coming down or downward. .
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