To change, often negatively.

• Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, grow, wax
• She has fallen ill.

To change, often negatively.

• Rome fell to the Goths in 410 AD.

formalTo change, often negatively.

• This is a monument to all those who fell in the First World War.

To change, often negatively.

• The candidate's poll ratings fell abruptly after the banking scandal.
• The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished.

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.

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.

obsoleteTo diminish; to lessen or lower.

• Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities.

obsoleteTo bring forth.

• to fall lambs
• The shepherd[…]did[…] fall part-colour'd lambs

obsoleteTo issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.

• As for Calves newly fallen, you must leave them with good Litter of fresh Straw until such qime as the Cows have licked and cleansed them,
• My intended remarks are on the cords , and wiping dry the newly fallen calf

To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.

• Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.

• to fall into error;  to fall into difficulties;  to fall into ruin

To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.

• Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
• I have observed of late thy looks are fallen.

To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).

• Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall.
• […]An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him.

To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.

• After arguing, they fell to blows.
• They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.

To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

• An unguarded expression fell from his lips.

To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

• An Empire-style dress has a high waistline – directly under the bust – from which the dress falls all the way to a hem as low as the floor.
• Her hair, which curled naturally, fell all over her shoulders.

slangTo visit; to go to a place.

• We'll fall over to the club tonight.

ball-gamescurlinggamesA crucial event or circumstance.

governmenthobbieslifestyleA crucial event or circumstance.

A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.

• Female patients with localized hair loss on the top of scalp could select a fall or a demiwig to camouflage crown and anterior scalp loss.

informalBlame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.

• He set up his rival to take the fall.

nauticaltransportThe 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.
• "[...] with one overhauled fall flying and an iron-bound block capering in the air."

An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.

A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.

• Brooks fitted a new fall to his whip.

The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.

A group of woodcock, especially appearing suddenly, as if overnight.

• there had been a great fall of woodcock in the night
• hen I was spending October on the East Anglian coast, there was a great fall of woodcock