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- Dictionaryfallen/ˈfɔːl(ə)n/
verb
- 1. past participle of fall
adjective
- 1. having sinned: "fallen human nature" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a soldier) killed in battle: "fallen heroes" Similar Opposite
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FALLEN definition: 1. lying on the ground, after falling down: 2. having dropped down: 3. used to refer to someone…. Learn more.
1. a. : to descend freely by the force of gravity. An apple fell from the tree. b. : to hang freely. her hair falls over her shoulders. c. : to drop oneself to a lower position. fell to his knees. d. : to come or go as if by falling. darkness falls early in the winter. 2. : to become born usually used of lambs. 3. a.
having dropped or come down from a higher place, from an upright position, or from a higher level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc. on the ground; prostrate; down flat: Exhausted, the racers lay fallen by the road. degraded or immoral. (of a woman) having lost her chastity. overthrown, destroyed, or conquered: a fallen city. dead:
1. Fallen is the past participle of fall. 2. plural noun. The fallen are soldiers who have died in battle. [literary] Work began on establishing the cemeteries as permanent memorials to the fallen. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
adjective. 1. killed, lost, dead, slaughtered, slain, perished Work began on establishing the cemeteries as permanent memorials to our fallen servicemen. 2. (Old-fashioned) dishonoured, lost, loose, shamed, ruined, disgraced, immoral, sinful, unchaste She would be thought of as a fallen woman.
Something that's fallen has dropped to the ground. You might collect fallen apples to make into cider or applesauce. The most literal sense of something fallen is just what it sounds like — an object that's moved from a high place to a lower place, usually due to gravity.
Definition of 'fall' Word Frequency. fall. (fɔːl ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense falls , present participle falling , past tense fell , past participle fallen. 1. verb A2. If someone or something falls, they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force.
