having dropped by the force of gravity || (literary) killed in battle || having lost one’s chastity || having collapsed
“It is the Bible - God’s word that convinces people of their sin and has power to give them the ability to change their fallen human nature.”
“World leaders whose countries faced off on the battlefields of World War II paid tribute yesterday to the fallen soldiers and millions of civilian dead.”
(heading, intransitive) To move downwards. || To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. || To come down, to drop or descend. || To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself. || To be brought to the ground. || (transitive) To be moved downwards. || (过时的,旧时用法) To let fall; to drop. || (过时的,旧时用法) To sink; to depress. || (Britain, US, dialect, archaic) To fell; to cut down. || (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively. || (copular verb) To become. || 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. || (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated. || (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease. || (intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.). || (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 following; to become prostrated literally or figuratively (see Usage notes below). || (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance. || (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower. || (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth. || (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals. || (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin. || (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before. || (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face. || (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon). || (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry. || (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
“She would inadvertently fall on the runway after her stiletto heel gave way.”
“She threw his clothes out of the window, and he helplessly watched them fall to the ground outside.”
“Our profits would continue to fall due to the regression in the quality of our products.”
noun
1.
‘I met her new feller - a very charming young man who gallantly purchased my turkey when I discovered I’d forgotten to stop by the cash machine on the way into the city.’
‘Aboriginal youth worker Eddie Taylor agrees: ‘What I would suggest he do is find out who these young fellers’ parents are, or their uncle or aunty, and have a talk to them.‘’
2.A person who cuts down trees.
‘As a result, the demand exceeded the supply and linhu tree fellers stripped the mountains of trees for the market faster than the limited cultivation could replace them.’
‘Whether I see them or not, I like to think they’re out there, those beings of myth and legend, keeping to their own world because we fellers of trees and drivers of cars are just, well, too big and too loud.’