It means ‘suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground unintentionally or accidentally’. It can also mean ‘come down from a higher position’. As a verb, it is irregular. Its past form is fell and its -ed form is fallen.

The simple past tense of ‘fall’ is ‘fell. ‘ This is also called the preterite of ‘fall. ‘ The past participle of this verb is ‘fallen.

1. [S] [T] A fallen tree obstructed the road. (
2. [S] [T] Almost all the leaves have fallen. (
3. [S] [T] He has no friends to fall back on. (
4. [S] [T] I fell asleep with my contacts in. (
5. [S] [T] It looks like we fell into a trap. (
6. [S] [T] It’s easy to fall into bad habits. (
7. [S] [T] Money doesn’t fall out of the sky. (

verb (used without object), won, win·ning. to finish first in a race, contest, or the like. to succeed by striving or effort: He applied for a scholarship and won.

When you fall in love, you’re suddenly, powerfully attracted to someone. The moment when you pass from a state of being friends with a person to loving him in a romantic way is when you fall in love. For some people, that happens once in a lifetime — others fall in love over and over again.

What is another word for fell?

The plural form of fall is falls.

falling (usually uncountable, plural fallings)

In meteorological terms, it’s fairly simple – each season is a three month period. So, Summer is June, July and August; Autumn is September, October and November, and so on.

fall ​Definitions and Synonyms ​‌‌‌

Autumn and fall are used interchangeably as words for the season between summer and winter. Both are used in American and British English, but fall occurs more often in American English. Autumn is considered the more formal name for the season. Both ‘autumn’ and ‘fall’ originated in Britain.

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