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fell definition
fell |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fell 1 of 3 senses of fell Sense 1 fell, drop, strike down cut down => chop down => poleax, poleaxe => log lumber => cut Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fall 6 of 32 senses of fall Sense 2 descend, fall, go down come down => fall down drop down => rappel, abseil, rope down => unhorse, dismount, light, get off get down => avalanche, roll down => dive, plunge, plunk => set go down go under => precipitate => sink, subside => crash => flop => tumble, topple => drop => plop => pitch => alight, climb down => sink, settle, go down go under => pounce, swoop => drip => cascade, cascade down Sense 3 fall => fall in love Sense 5 precipitate, come down fall => rain, rain down => spat => snow => hail => sleet Sense 7 decrease, diminish, lessen, fall => break => shrink, shrivel => taper => drop off => vanish, fly => break => ease up ease off slacken off slack off flag => boil down reduce, decoct, concentrate => shrink, contract => shrivel, shrivel up shrink, wither => abate, let up slack off slack, die away => deflate => dwindle, dwindle away dwindle down => depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue => shorten => thin out => decline go down wane => wane => wane => decrescendo Sense 17 fall => fall Sense 21 fall, return, pass, devolve => fall, light Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fell 1 of 3 senses of fell Sense 1 fell, drop, strike down cut down => chop down => poleax, poleaxe => log lumber => cut Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fall 6 of 32 senses of fall Sense 2 descend, fall, go down come down => fall down drop down => prolapse => rappel, abseil, rope down => unhorse, dismount, light, get off get down => avalanche, roll down => dive, plunge, plunk => power-dive => nosedive => duck => crash-dive => sky dive, parachute => set go down go under => precipitate => sink, subside => crash => flop => tumble, topple => keel over => drop => plunge, dump => plummet, plump => flump, flump down => decline => dip, sink => subside => plop => pitch => alight, climb down => sink, settle, go down go under => subside, settle => founder => submerge, submerse => dive => belly-flop => jackknife => pounce, swoop => stoop => drip => cascade, cascade down Sense 3 fall => fall in love Sense 5 precipitate, come down fall => rain, rain down => drizzle, mizzle => shower, shower down => sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter => pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets => sheet => sluice, sluice down => spat => snow => hail => sleet Sense 7 decrease, diminish, lessen, fall => break => shrink, shrivel => taper => drop off => vanish, fly => break => ease up ease off slacken off slack off flag => boil down reduce, decoct, concentrate => shrink, contract => flex => shrivel, shrivel up shrink, wither => atrophy => die back die down => mummify, dry up => abate, let up slack off slack, die away => deflate => dwindle, dwindle away dwindle down => depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue => shorten => thin out => decline go down wane => dip => wear on => drop => slump, fall off sink => tumble => wane => wane => decrescendo Sense 17 fall => fall Sense 21 fall, return, pass, devolve => fall, light Entailment of verb fell Entailment of verb fall 1 of 32 senses of fall Sense 5 precipitate, come down fall => condense Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb fell 3 senses of fell Sense 1 fell, drop, strike down cut down => cut Sense 2 fly, fell, vanish => elapse, lapse, pass, slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along Sense 3 fell => sew, run up sew together, stitch Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb fall 32 senses of fall Sense 1 fall => travel, go move locomote Sense 2 descend, fall, go down come down => travel, go move locomote Also See-> fall in#1 Sense 3 fall => change state, turn Also See-> fall for#2; fall through#1; fall flat#1; fall behind#2; fall back#2; fall off#2; fall apart#4; fall apart#3; fall away#1; fall back#4; fall behind#1 Sense 4 fall, come => be Sense 5 precipitate, come down fall Sense 6 fall => fail go wrong miscarry Sense 7 decrease, diminish, lessen, fall => change magnitude Sense 8 fall => die, decease, perish, go exit pass away expire, pass Sense 9 fall, shine, strike => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 10 fall => yield Sense 11 fall => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 12 fall => fall => sin Sense 13 fall => leave office, quit step down Sense 14 fall Sense 15 fall => travel, go move locomote Sense 16 fall => be Sense 17 fall Sense 18 fall Sense 19 accrue, fall => change hands Sense 20 fall, light => fall, return, pass, devolve Sense 21 fall, return, pass, devolve => change hands Sense 22 fall => slope, incline, pitch Sense 23 fall, fall down => change posture Sense 24 fall => change posture Sense 25 hang, fall, flow Sense 26 fall => change Sense 27 fall => change Sense 28 fall => issue, emerge, come out come forth, go forth, egress Sense 29 fall => be born Sense 30 fall => begin, get start out start set about set out commence Sense 31 fall => disappear, vanish, go away Sense 32 fall, descend, settle => come Familiarity of verb fell fell used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Familiarity of verb fall fall used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count = 32) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fell Sense 1 fell, drop, strike down cut down => cut -------------- Sense 2 fly, fell, vanish => elapse, lapse, pass, slip by glide by slip away go by slide by go along -------------- Sense 3 fell => sew, run up sew together, stitch -------------- Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fall Sense 1 fall => travel, go move locomote Sense 5 precipitate, come down fall -------------- Sense 8 fall => die, decease, perish, go exit pass away expire, pass Sense 10 fall => yield Sense 13 fall => leave office, quit step down -------------- Sense 11 fall => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 16 fall => be -------------- Sense 12 fall => fall => sin Sense 17 fall -------------- Sense 14 fall Sense 18 fall Sense 19 accrue, fall => change hands Sense 20 fall, light => fall, return, pass, devolve Sense 21 fall, return, pass, devolve => change hands -------------- Sense 23 fall, fall down => change posture Sense 24 fall => change posture -------------- Sense 26 fall => change Sense 27 fall => change -------------- Sense 31 fall => disappear, vanish, go away Sense 32 fall, descend, settle => come -------------- Sense 2 descend, fall, go down come down => travel, go move locomote -------------- Sense 3 fall => change state, turn -------------- Sense 4 fall, come => be -------------- Sense 6 fall => fail go wrong miscarry -------------- Sense 7 decrease, diminish, lessen, fall => change magnitude -------------- Sense 9 fall, shine, strike => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -------------- Sense 15 fall => travel, go move locomote -------------- Sense 22 fall => slope, incline, pitch -------------- Sense 25 hang, fall, flow -------------- Sense 28 fall => issue, emerge, come out come forth, go forth, egress -------------- Sense 29 fall => be born -------------- Sense 30 fall => begin, get start out start set about set out commence -------------- Grep of noun fell fell fella fellah fellatio fellation felled seam feller felloe fellow fellow feeling fellow traveler fellow traveller fellow worker fellowship felly Overview of noun fell The noun fell has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. hide, fell -- (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)) 2. fell, felled seam -- (seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges) 3. fell -- (the act of felling something (as a tree)) Overview of verb fell The verb fell has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) fell, drop, strike down cut down -- (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers") 2. fly, fell, vanish -- (pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him") 3. fell -- (sew a seam by folding the edges) Overview of verb fall The verb fall has 32 senses (first 15 from tagged texts) 1. (46) fall -- (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse") 2. (21) descend, fall, go down come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again") 3. (16) fall -- (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "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") 4. (6) fall, come -- (come under be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading") 5. (4) precipitate, come down fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum.") 6. (4) fall -- (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside") 7. (4) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper") 8. (3) fall -- (die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shotting victim fell dead") 9. (3) fall, shine, strike -- (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears") 10. (3) fall -- (be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy") 11. (3) fall -- (occur at a specified time or place "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable") 12. (2) fall -- (yield to temptation or sin "Adam and Eve fell") 13. (2) fall -- (lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen") 14. (2) fall -- (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 yougest student") 15. (1) fall -- (move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward") 16. fall -- (be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month") 17. fall -- (lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman") 18. fall -- (to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter") 19. accrue, fall -- (come into the possession of "The house accrued to the oldest son") 20. fall, light -- (fall to somebody by assignment or lot: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims") 21. fall, return, pass, devolve -- (be inherited by "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") 22. fall -- (slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean") 23. fall, fall down -- (lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead") 24. fall -- (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees") 25. hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back") 26. fall -- (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell") 27. fall -- (be cast down "his eyes fell") 28. fall -- (come out issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth") 29. fall -- (be born, used chiefly of lambs: "The lambs fell in the afternoon") 30. fall -- (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away") 31. fall -- (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts) 32. fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell") Overview of adj fell The adj fell has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks") Antonyms of adj fell 1 sense of fell Sense 1 barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious INDIRECT (VIA inhumane) -> humane Similarity of adj fell 1 sense of fell Sense 1 barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious => inhumane (vs. humane) Attributes of adj fell Familiarity of adj fell fell used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj fell fell felled fellow Overview of noun fell The noun fell has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. hide, fell -- (the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)) 2. fell, felled seam -- (seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges) 3. fell -- (the act of felling something (as a tree)) Overview of verb fell The verb fell has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) fell, drop, strike down cut down -- (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers") 2. fly, fell, vanish -- (pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him") 3. fell -- (sew a seam by folding the edges) Overview of verb fall The verb fall has 32 senses (first 15 from tagged texts) 1. (46) fall -- (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse") 2. (21) descend, fall, go down come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again") 3. (16) fall -- (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "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") 4. (6) fall, come -- (come under be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading") 5. (4) precipitate, come down fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum.") 6. (4) fall -- (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside") 7. (4) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper") 8. (3) fall -- (die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shotting victim fell dead") 9. (3) fall, shine, strike -- (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears") 10. (3) fall -- (be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy") 11. (3) fall -- (occur at a specified time or place "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable") 12. (2) fall -- (yield to temptation or sin "Adam and Eve fell") 13. (2) fall -- (lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen") 14. (2) fall -- (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 yougest student") 15. (1) fall -- (move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward") 16. fall -- (be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month") 17. fall -- (lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman") 18. fall -- (to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter") 19. accrue, fall -- (come into the possession of "The house accrued to the oldest son") 20. fall, light -- (fall to somebody by assignment or lot: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims") 21. fall, return, pass, devolve -- (be inherited by "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") 22. fall -- (slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean") 23. fall, fall down -- (lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead") 24. fall -- (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees") 25. hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back") 26. fall -- (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell") 27. fall -- (be cast down "his eyes fell") 28. fall -- (come out issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth") 29. fall -- (be born, used chiefly of lambs: "The lambs fell in the afternoon") 30. fall -- (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away") 31. fall -- (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts) 32. fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell") Overview of adj fell The adj fell has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious -- ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks")
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