fall
noun · verb · adjective · interjectionA1- Tiếng Việt:
- ngã, rơi
ngã, rơi. Họ từ FALL — danh từ: fall; động từ: fall; tính từ: fallen.
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verb- 1.
(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
- 2.
(transitive) To move downwards.
- 3.
(intransitive) To change, often negatively.
- 4.
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
Thanksgiving always falls on a Thursday.
Last year, Commencement fell on June 3.
- 5.
(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.
- 6.
(obsolete, transitive)To diminish; to lessen or lower.
- 7.
(obsolete, transitive)To bring forth.
to fall lambs
- 8.
(intransitive, obsolete)To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
- 9.
(intransitive)To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
- 10.
(intransitive)To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
to fall into error; to fall into difficulties; to fall into ruin
- 11.
(intransitive)To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
- 12.
(intransitive)To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions Primitive men […] do not make laws, they fall into customs.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
the fall of the snow
the fall of the water
the fall of the leaf
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
- 3.
(Canada, US, archaic, countable, uncountable)(chiefly Canada, US, archaic in Britain) 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.
(countable, uncountable)A loss of greatness or status.
the fall of Rome
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(countable, uncountable)That which falls or cascades.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)The height of that which falls or cascades.
- 7.
(sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
- 9.
(US, countable, informal, uncountable)Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
He set up his rival to take the fall.
- 10.
(countable, uncountable)(nautical) 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.
- 11.
(countable, uncountable)An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
- 12.
(countable, uncountable)A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
interjection
interjection- 1.
(nautical) The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
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fall down
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Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (to fall, fail, decay, die, attack), from *fallan (to fall), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (to fall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (to collapse, fall; to destroy).