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fell

fell - verb

  1. To bring down, as with a saw or ax: chop down, cut(down), hew. See rise.
  2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang deck. See rise.
fell

fell - adjective

  1. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See kind.
fell

fell - noun

  1. The skin of an animal: fur, hide, jacket, pelt. See surface.
fall

fall - verb

  1. To move downward in response to gravity: descend, drop. See rise.
  2. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture: drop, sink, slump. See rise.
  3. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. See rise.
  4. To undergo capture, defeat, or ruin: collapse, go down, go under, surrender, topple. See resist. win.
  5. To slope downward: decline, descend, dip, drop, pitch, sink. See rise.
  6. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die(away, down, off, or out), ease(off or up), ebb, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase.
  7. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, drop, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble. See increase.
  8. To undergo moral deterioration: sink, slip. See right.
  9. To take place at a set time: come, occur. See happen.
  10. To come as by lot or inheritance: devolve, pass. See reach.

fall back - phrasal verb

  1. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: draw back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw. See forward.
  2. To move in a reverse direction: back, backpedal, backtrack, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. See forward.

fall down - phrasal verb

  1. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal flop. Slang bomb. See thrive.

fall off - phrasal verb

  1. To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: drop off, sag, slip. See increase.
  2. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die(away, down, off, or out), ease(off or up), ebb, fall, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase.

fall on - phrasal verb

  1. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal light into, pitch into. See attack.

fall through - phrasal verb

  1. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail. Informal fall down, flop. Slang bomb. See thrive.

fall - noun

  1. The act of dropping from a height: descent, drop. See rise.
  2. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, nosedive, pitch, plunge, spill, tumble. Informal header. See rise.
  3. A downward slope or distance: decline, declivity, descent, drop, pitch. See rise.
  4. A disastrous overwhelming defeat or ruin: collapse, downfall, waterloo. See thrive.
  5. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble. See increase.