What is the meaning of fallen?

verb

• Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
  • usage: "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
  • synonyms: fall
• 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"
  • synonyms: descend, fall, go down, come down
• Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
  • usage: "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
  • synonyms: fall
• Come under, be classified or included.
  • usage: "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
  • synonyms: fall, come
• Fall from clouds.
  • usage: "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
  • synonyms: precipitate, come down, fall
• Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
  • usage: "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
  • synonyms: fall
• Die, as in battle or in a hunt.
  • usage: "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
  • synonyms: fall
• Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
  • usage: "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
  • synonyms: fall, shine, strike
• Be captured.
  • usage: "The cities fell to the enemy"
  • synonyms: fall
• Occur at a specified time or place.
  • usage: "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
  • synonyms: fall
• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Yield to temptation or sin.
  • usage: "Adam and Eve fell"
  • synonyms: fall
• Lose office or power.
  • usage: "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
  • synonyms: fall
• To be given by assignment or distribution.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: fall
• Move in a specified direction.
  • usage: "The line of men fall forward"
  • synonyms: fall
• Be due.
  • usage: "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
  • synonyms: fall
• Lose one's chastity.
  • usage: "a fallen woman"
  • synonyms: fall
• To be given by right or inheritance.
  • usage: "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
  • synonyms: fall
• Come into the possession of.
  • usage: "The house accrued to the oldest son"
  • synonyms: accrue, fall
• Fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
  • usage: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
  • synonyms: fall, light
• Be inherited by.
  • usage: "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
  • synonyms: fall, return, pass, devolve
• Slope downward.
  • usage: "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
  • synonyms: fall
• Lose an upright position suddenly.
  • usage: "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
  • synonyms: fall, fall down
• Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
  • usage: "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
  • synonyms: fall
• Fall or flow in a certain way.
  • usage: "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • synonyms: hang, fall, flow
• Assume a disappointed or sad expression.
  • usage: "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
  • synonyms: fall
• Be cast down.
  • usage: "his eyes fell"
  • synonyms: fall
• Come out; issue.
  • usage: "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
  • synonyms: fall
• Be born, used chiefly of lambs.
  • usage: "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
  • synonyms: fall
• Begin vigorously.
  • usage: "The prisoners fell to work right away"
  • synonyms: fall
• Go as if by falling.
  • usage: "Grief fell from our hearts"
  • synonyms: fall
• Come as if by falling.
  • usage: "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
  • synonyms: fall, descend, settle

adjective

• Having dropped by the force of gravity.
  • usage: "fallen leaves covered the forest floor"; "sat on a fallen tree trunk"
• Having fallen in or collapsed.
  • usage: "a fallen building"
• Having lost your chastity.
  • usage: "a fallen woman"
• Killed in battle.
  • usage: "to honor fallen soldiers"