"fall down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: falls down [present, singular, third-person], falling down [participle, present], fell down [past], fallen down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> down}} fall down (third-person singular simple present falls down, present participle falling down, simple past fell down, past participle fallen down)
  1. (intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (collapse): collapse, fall Synonyms (fall to the ground): drop, fall Derived forms: falldown [noun], fall down on Related terms: fall away, fall off, fall out Translations (to collapse): selhat (Czech), romahtaa (Finnish), összedől (Hungarian), decido (Latin) Translations (to fall to the ground): καταπίπτω (katapíptō) (Ancient Greek), (dit³) (Chinese Cantonese), 落下 (luòxià) (Chinese Mandarin), 倒下 (dǎoxià) (Chinese Mandarin), spadnout (Czech), neervallen (Dutch), велаш (velaš) (Eastern Mari), pudota (Finnish), tippua (Finnish), tomber (French), niederfallen (German), umfallen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (gadriusan) (Gothic), leesik (Hungarian), cadere (Italian), 落ちる (ochiru) (alt: おちる) (Japanese), 떨어지다 (tteoreojida) (Korean), decido (Latin), വീഴുക (vīḻuka) (Malayalam), खस्नु (khasnu) (Nepali), زمین خوردن (zamin xordan) (Persian), przewracać się [imperfective] (Polish), przewrócić się [perfective] (Polish), cadér (Romagnol), па́дать (pádatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), упа́сть (upástʹ) [perfective] (Russian), पतति (patati) (Sanskrit), -anguka (Swahili), 𐎐𐎔𐎍 (npl) (Ugaritic), toumer djus (Walloon), tchaire djus (Walloon), cwympo (Welsh), syrthio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fall_down-en-verb-BcjDa9yM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 16 5 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 70 18 12 Disambiguation of 'collapse': 90 2 8 Disambiguation of 'fall to the ground': 95 3 3 Disambiguation of 'to collapse': 92 2 6 Disambiguation of 'to fall to the ground': 95 2 3
  2. (nautical) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-fall_down-en-verb-DOR~movQ Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To fail. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fall_down-en-verb-RQbGaJ2m

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Ring a-ring o' roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version)"
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        "(intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse."
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "neervallen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "pudota"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "tippua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "tomber"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "niederfallen"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gadriusan",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "leesik"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "cadere"
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          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tteoreojida",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "떨어지다"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "decido"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zamin xordan",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "زمین خوردن"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
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          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pádatʹ",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "па́дать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upástʹ",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "упа́сть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "patati",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "पतति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "-anguka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "npl",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "𐎐𐎔𐎍"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "toumer djus"
        },
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          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "tchaire djus"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "cwympo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to fall to the ground",
          "word": "syrthio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to collapse",
          "word": "selhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to collapse",
          "word": "romahtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to collapse",
          "word": "összedől"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to collapse",
          "word": "decido"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet."
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        "(nautical) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet."
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That is where your reasoning falls down."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To fail."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
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  "word": "fall down"
}
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      "word": "fall away"
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        },
        {
          "text": "The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down."
        }
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        "To fall to the ground. To collapse."
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        "(intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse."
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        "(nautical) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet."
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          "text": "That is where your reasoning falls down."
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      "sense": "fall to the ground",
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    {
      "sense": "collapse",
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dit³",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "跌"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luòxià",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "落下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎoxià",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "倒下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "spadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "neervallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "pudota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "tippua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "tomber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "niederfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "umfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gadriusan",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katapíptō",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "καταπίπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "leesik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "cadere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おちる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ochiru",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "落ちる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tteoreojida",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "떨어지다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "decido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vīḻuka",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "വീഴുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "velaš",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "велаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "khasnu",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "खस्नु"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zamin xordan",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "زمین خوردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewracać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przewrócić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "cadér"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pádatʹ",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "па́дать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upástʹ",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "упа́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "patati",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "पतति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "-anguka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "npl",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "𐎐𐎔𐎍"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "toumer djus"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "tchaire djus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "cwympo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to fall to the ground",
      "word": "syrthio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to collapse",
      "word": "selhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to collapse",
      "word": "romahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to collapse",
      "word": "összedől"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to collapse",
      "word": "decido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall down"
}

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