"infall" meaning in English

See infall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnfɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infall.wav [Southern-England] Forms: infalls [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fall English infall From in- + fall. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|in-|fall|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fall English infall [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fall", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "infall", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="infall"> From in- + fall. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} infall (countable and uncountable, plural infalls)
  1. The act or process of falling in. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. An incursion; an inroad. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (countable) The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain. Tags: countable
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  4. (astronomy, uncountable) Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-infall-en-noun-BcQ0HhyY Categories (other): Astronomy, Black holes Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈfɔːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-infall2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: infalls [present, singular, third-person], infalling [participle, present], infell [past], infallen [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fall English infall From in- + fall. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|in-|fall|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fall English infall [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fall", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "infall", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="infall"> From in- + fall. Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|infell|~en}} infall (third-person singular simple present infalls, present participle infalling, simple past infell, past participle infallen)
  1. (intransitive) To fall in. Tags: intransitive
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  2. (intransitive, astronomy) To undergo infall. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-infall-en-verb-qYrwxu~G Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: infalling

Inflected forms

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