Definitions
To drop downward; also the autumn season.
Word origin
Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“to collapse, fall; to destroy”).
Used in a sentence
“Thrown from a cliff, the stone fell 100 feet before hitting the ground.”
“I fell unconscious on the floor.”
“There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Autumn”4 letters
02“Autumn season”4 letters
03“Autumn, in the U.S.”4 letters
04“Drop down”4 letters
05“Drop suddenly”4 letters
06“Season before winter”4 letters
07“Season with leaves”4 letters
08“Drop downward”4 letters
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