verb | noun
fallfall1 /fɔl/ verb (past tense fell /fel/, past participle fallen /ˈfɔlən/) 1 
to go down to the ground► fall to go down onto the ground or toward the ground: She loves to climb trees, but I worry that she will fall. He fell down the stairs and hurt his leg. The picture fell off the wall and broke.
► drop to fall suddenly onto the ground or into something: The apples are beginning to drop from the trees.
► tumble to fall with a rolling movement: The little boy tumbled down the steps and started crying. T-shirts and shorts tumbled out of the broken drawer.
► collapse AWL to fall suddenly onto the ground. If a person collapses, it is often because he or she is sick: One of the runners collapsed halfway through the race. The bridge collapsed into the river.
2 to fall or almost fall when you are walking► slip to accidentally slide on a smooth surface and fall down or almost fall down: He walked carefully to avoid slipping on the ice.
► trip to hit your foot against something so that you fall or almost fall: He tripped and fell. Pick up that box - someone might trip over it.
► stumble to almost fall down while you are walking, especially because your foot hits something: We kept stumbling over rocks in the dark.
► lose your balance to become unsteady so that you start to fall: She lost her balance on the first step and fell down the stairs.
3 to fall quickly from a high place► plunge to fall very quickly a long way down from a high place, especially into a liquid: The car went off a cliff and plunged into the ocean.
► plummet to fall very quickly a long way down from a high place: The plane plummeted toward the Earth.
➔ see drop1 verb | noun
fallfall2 /fɔl/ noun ➔ see decrease1, The Weather