Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fall. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fall.
Definitions and meaning of fall
fall
Etymology 1
Verb from Middle Englishfallen, from Old Englishfeallan(“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic*fallan(“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic*fallaną(“to fall”).
Noun from Middle Englishfal, fall, falle, from Old Englishfeall, ġefeall(“a falling, fall”) and Old Englishfealle(“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic*fallą, *fallaz(“a fall, trap”). Cognate with Dutchval, GermanFall(“fall”) and GermanFalle(“trap, snare”), Danishfald, Swedishfall, Icelandicfall.
Sense of "autumn" is attested by the 1660s in England as a shortening of fall of the leaf (1540s), from the falling of leaves during this season. Along with autumn, it mostly replaced the older name harvest as that name began to be associated strictly with the act of harvesting. Compare spring, which began as a shortening of “spring of the leaf”.
fall (third-person singular simple presentfalls, present participlefalling, simple pastfell, past participlefallen)
(heading, intransitive)To be moved downwards.
To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
To come down, to drop or descend.
To come as if by dropping down.
1971, Henry Raup Wagner, Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca:
Shortly afterwards a breeze came up from the N […] dark clouds closing in over everything. At 3 in the afternoon the breeze came up from the S with a thick drizzle. Thus night fell, and thus we passed the rest of it.
To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself.
To be brought to the ground.
(transitive)To move downwards.
(obsolete) To let fall; to drop.
(obsolete) To sink; to depress.
(UK, US, dialect, archaic) To fell; to cut down.
(intransitive)To change, often negatively.
(copulative, in idiomatic expressions) To become.
She has fallen ill.
The children fell asleep in the back of the car.
When did you first fall in love?
fall silent, fall sick, fall pregnant, fall victim to something
1971, Henry Raup Wagner, Spanish Explorations in the Strait of Juan de Fuca:
Shortly afterwards a breeze came up from the N and then it fell calm, […]
(intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
(intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.
(intransitive) To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.).
To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen.
(intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
(transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
(intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
(intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
(intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
(intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
(intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II – Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions
Primitive men[…]do not make laws, they fall into customs.
(intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
1881, Benjamin Jowett (Thucydides)
They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul.
(intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
(intransitive, of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
Quotations
Synonyms
(move to a lower position under the effect of gravity):drop, plummet, plunge
(come down):come down, descend, drop
(come to the ground deliberately):drop, lower oneself, prostrate oneself
(be brought to the ground):
(collapse; be overthrown or defeated): be beaten by, be defeated by, be overthrown by, be smitten by, be vanquished by,
(die):die
(be allotted to): be the responsibility of, be up to
(become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc)): dip, drop
(become):become, get
(cause (something) to descend to the ground): cut down (of a tree), fell, knock down, knock over, strike down
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "come down"):ascend, go up, rise
(antonym(s) of "come to the ground deliberately"):get up, pick oneself up, stand up
(collapse; be overthrown or defeated): beat, defeat, overthrow, smite, vanquish
(become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc)): rise
Coordinate terms
topple
tumble
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fall (countable and uncountable, pluralfalls)
The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
(chiefly Canada, US, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]
A loss of greatness or status.
That which falls or cascades.
(sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
(cricket, of a wicket) The action of a batsman being out.
(curling) A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction.
(wrestling) An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat.
A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
(informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
(nautical) The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
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.
The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard.
Usage notes
The phrase have a fall, as opposed to fall over or fall down, is typically reserved for older people for whom a fall is more likely to be a medical emergency. This phrase can be however considered patronising by those it is applied to.