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- Dictionaryfallen/ˈfɔːl(ə)n/
verb
- 1. past participle of fall
adjective
- 1. having sinned: "fallen human nature" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a soldier) killed in battle: "fallen heroes" Similar Opposite
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1. a. : to descend freely by the force of gravity. An apple fell from the tree. b. : to hang freely. her hair falls over her shoulders. c. : to drop oneself to a lower position. fell to his knees. d. : to come or go as if by falling. darkness falls early in the winter. 2. : to become born usually used of lambs. 3. a.
FALLEN definition: 1. lying on the ground, after falling down: 2. having dropped down: 3. used to refer to someone…. Learn more.
adjective. having dropped or come down from a higher place, from an upright position, or from a higher level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc. on the ground; prostrate; down flat: Exhausted, the racers lay fallen by the road. degraded or immoral. (of a woman) having lost her chastity. overthrown, destroyed, or conquered: a fallen city.
(fɔːlən ) 1. Fallen is the past participle of fall. 2. plural noun. The fallen are soldiers who have died in battle. [literary] Work began on establishing the cemeteries as permanent memorials to the fallen. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Something that's fallen has dropped to the ground. You might collect fallen apples to make into cider or applesauce. The most literal sense of something fallen is just what it sounds like — an object that's moved from a high place to a lower place, usually due to gravity.
adjective. 1. killed, lost, dead, slaughtered, slain, perished Work began on establishing the cemeteries as permanent memorials to our fallen servicemen. 2. (Old-fashioned) dishonoured, lost, loose, shamed, ruined, disgraced, immoral, sinful, unchaste She would be thought of as a fallen woman.
Fallen Sentence Examples. She had fallen off a bluff. Fallen for her, I guess. She'd fallen asleep in Kris's library after half a bottle of whiskey and awoken in her own bed with a throbbing headache and dry mouth.
Definition of fallen adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word fallen mean? There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word fallen. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. fallen has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. anatomy (late 1500s) astronomy (mid 1600s) See meaning & use. How common is the word fallen?
fallen meaning, definition, what is fallen: the past participle of fall1: Learn more.
