fall

intj

Etymology: Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale.

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

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale.

1. The chasing of a hunted whale.

verb

Etymology: Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to collapse, fall; to destroy”). Cognates Cognate with Scots faw (“to fall”), Yola vale, vall, vole (“to fall”), North Frisian faal, fåle (“to fall”), Saterland Frisian faale (“to fall”), West Frisian falle (“to fall”), Bavarian foin (“to fall”), Cimbrian ballan, vallan (“to fall”), Dutch vallen (“to fall”), German and Low German fallen (“to fall”), Luxembourgish falen (“to fall”), Yiddish פֿאַלן (faln, “to fall”), Danish falde (“to fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish falla (“to fall”), Norwegian Bokmål falle (“to fall”), Norwegian Nynorsk falla, falle (“to fall”); also Latin aboleō (“to destroy; to die”), Ancient Greek ὄλλῡμι (óllūmi, “to destroy; to lose”), Armenian եղեռն (eġeṙn, “crime; calamity, catastrophe; slaughter”), Lithuanian pùlti (“to fall; to attack, assault”). Noun from Middle English fal, fall, falle, from Old English feall, ġefeall (“a falling, fall”) and Old English fealle (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *fallą, *fallaz (“a fall, trap”). Cognate with Yola vall (“fall”), Dutch val (“fall”), German Fall (“fall”), Danish fald (“fall”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fall (“fall”). 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”.

1. To be moved downwards.

   “Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.”

   “I fell unconscious on the floor.”

2. To be moved downwards.

   “The rain fell at dawn.”

   “Her eyes fell on the table, and she advanced into the room wiping her hands on her apron.”

3. To be moved downwards.

   “Once or twice a noise fell upon his quick ear, and we halted, he standing revolver in hand in an attitude of defense. Each time, however, we ascertained that we had no occasion for alarm, the noise being made by some animal or bird ...”

   “And then a sudden calm fell on us like a cloud of fear. There! on the table, lay the Jewel of Seven Stars, shining and sparkling with lurid light, as though each of the seven points of each of the seven stars gleamed through blood!”

4. To be moved downwards.

   “He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.”

5. To be moved downwards.
6. To move downwards.

   “For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds.”

   “Ghoaſt [of Clarence]. […] / To morrow in the battaile thinke on me, / And fall thy edgeleſſe ſword, diſpaire and die.”

7. To move downwards.

   “to fall the voice”

8. To move downwards.

   “to fall a tree”

9. To change, often negatively.

   “Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, grow, wax”

   “She has fallen ill.”

10. To change, often negatively.

    “Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.”

11. To change, often negatively.

    “This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.”

12. To change, often negatively.

    “The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.”

    “The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished.”

13. To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.

    “Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.”

    “Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.”

14. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

    “And so it falls to me to make this important decision.”

    “The estate fell to his brother.”

15. To diminish; to lessen or lower.

    “Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities.”

16. To bring forth.

    “to fall lambs”

    “The shepherd[…]did[…] fall part-colour'd lambs”

17. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.

    “As for Calves newly fallen, you must leave them with good Litter of fresh Straw until such qime as the Cows have licked and cleansed them,”

    “My intended remarks are on the cords , and wiping dry the newly fallen calf”

18. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.

    “Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”

19. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.

    “to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties;  to fall into ruin”

20. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.

    “Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.”

    “I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.”

21. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).

    “Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall.”

    “[…]An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him.”

22. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.

    “After arguing, they fell to blows.”

    “They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.”

23. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

    “An unguarded expression fell from his lips.”

24. To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

    “Her hair, which curled naturally, fell all over her shoulders.”

    “An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.”

25. To visit; to go to a place.

    “We'll fall over to the club tonight.”