to fall
- verb
- /fɔl/
- Her long dress falls elegantly to the floor, creating a beautiful silhouette.
- hair falls
That is the natural way the fur wants to fall.
- That is the natural way the fur wants to fall.
- But I love how the top just slouches and falls.
- But I still didn't want it to be longer, to fall longer than the hem of the skirt, because I want to maintain that spring feeling and free up my legs.
- Constructing A garment that has interesting proportions, that falls right and that seems simple is in fact extremely difficult, and it's a matter of tailoring skills.
- Make sure to fix my eyebrows, which always fall down.
- Just kind of like push my hair up to make it fall out a little bit, a little messy, pull pieces out.
Examples
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The fabric falls gently, giving the outfit a relaxed and graceful look.
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And so this part would just fall like so.
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Her fine brown hair was pulled to one side and fell across her shoulder.
Fiction book (1990) -
A gold panel of light from the open back door falls across the grass.
Academic text (1991) -
Her hair was pulled back from her face and fell at the back in ringlets.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her head lowered, and her hair fell about her in a veil of silver light.
Fiction book (1991) -
The barber starts on Drew's head, big clumps of hair falling down to the floor.
Fiction book (1991) -
She arranged her hair in such a way that it falls softly over her shoulders.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To accept what happens and not try to change the result
- Informal
To fail completely and feel embarrassed in front of others
Children often look and behave like their parents
- Informal
To react strongly because something is very funny or surprising
- Vulgar
To lose your balance and land on your backside in an awkward or embarrassing way
- Informal
Suddenly fail completely because it is weak or badly built
- Formal
To die as a Christian who trusts in God and expects life after death
To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
An event in the Bible when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, lost their innocence, and left the Garden
- Specialized
A green or brown caterpillar with white stripes that eats tree leaves in autumn
A small European plant with yellow flowers that blooms in the fall and is now common in North America
- US
The time when day and night are almost the same length, marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere
- Literature
A Christian belief that people lose their innocence when they disobey God
- Specialized
A caterpillar that lives in large silk nests on tree branches and eats the leaves in late summer and fall
A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall
How Graceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
When hair or cloth falls, it means it hangs or flows down in a smooth way; this sense comes from old English feallan 'to fall'. So to say fabric or hair 'falls' well is to say it hangs nicely.