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fall
     1. Verb:
     2. [1] fallen
           [1] Suddenly he fell on the ground.
             Plötzlich fiel er auf den Boden.
           [1] "The season was cold and rainy, and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire, and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts, which happened to fall into our hands."
     3. Substantiv:
     4. [1] vor allem (US-amerikanisch) Herbst
     5. [2] nur Plural: Wasserfall
Englisch > Englisch
fall
     1. subst. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
     2. subst. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
     3. subst. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
     4. subst. A loss of greatness or status.
           the fall of Rome
     5. subst. That which falls or cascades.
     6. subst. (sport) A crucial event or circumstance.
     7. subst.          (cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
     8. subst.          (curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
     9. subst.          (wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
     10. subst. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
     11. subst. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
           He set up his rival to take the fall.
     12. subst. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
           Have the goodness to secure the falls of the mizzen halyards.
     13. subst. See falls
     14. subst. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
     15. subst. A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
     16. v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
     17. v.          To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
                   Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.
     18. v.          To come down, to drop or descend.
                   The rain fell at dawn.
     19. v.          To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
                   He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
     20. v.          To be brought to the ground.
     21. v. To be moved downwards.
     22. v.          (obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
     23. v.          (obsolete) To sink; to depress.
                   to fall the voice
     24. v.          (US) To fell; to cut down.
                   to fall a tree
     25. v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
     26. v.          (copulative) To become.
                   She has fallen ill.  The children fell asleep in the back of the car.  When did you first fall in love?
     27. v.          To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); said of an instance of a recurring event such as a holiday or date.
                   Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.  Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
     28. v.          (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
                   Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
     29. v.          (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
                   This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.
     30. v.          (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
                   The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
     31. v.          (followed by a determining word or phrase) To become; to be affected by or befallen with a calamity; to change into the state described by words follow
                   Our senator fell into disrepute because of the banking scandal.
     32. v. (intransitive) 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; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.
     33. v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
     34. v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
           to fall lambs
     35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
     36. v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
     37. v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
           to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties
     38. v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
     39. v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
     40. v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
           After arguing, they fell to blows.
     41. v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
           An unguarded expression fell from his lips.

Beispielsätze

I'll spare you the details, but at the end of the story they fall in love, have many beautiful children and live happily ever after. 
    Ich erspare euch die Einzelheiten. Am Ende der Geschichte verlieben sie sich jedenfalls ineinander, haben viele tolle Kinder und leben, wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, noch immer.
The apple does not fall far from the tree. 
    Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm.
In the fall, many birds head for the south. 
    Im Herbst ziehen viele Vögel in den Süden.
If it is not sick, an apple does not fall from a tree until it is ripe. 
    Der Apfel fällt, wenn er nicht krank ist, erst vom Stamm, wenn er reif ist.
People often fall asleep while reading. 
    Die Leute schlafen beim Lesen oft ein.



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