Verbs starting with F

• fall apart — Verb – English ～ become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
• fall back — Verb – English ～ hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
• fall — Verb – English ～ suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
• fall — Verb – English ～ slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
• fall — Verb – English ～ begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
• fall — Verb – English ～ to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
• fall apart — Verb – English ～ lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died"
• fall — Verb – English ～ come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
• fall behind — Verb – English ～ retreat
• fall back — Verb – English ～ retreat
• fall — Verb – English ～ go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
• fall behind — Verb – English ～ hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
• fall down — Verb – English ～ lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
• fall apart — Verb – English ～ break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
• fall — Verb – English ～ touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
• fall — Verb – English ～ drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
• fall — Verb – English ～ be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
• fall — Verb – English ～ fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
• fall — Verb – English ～ be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
• fall — Verb – English ～ fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

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