fall
The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpoonedThe cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
» The apple fell from the tree.
Der Apfel ist vom Baum gefallen. — MUIRIEL
Der Apfel fiel vom Baum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Яблоко упало с дерева. — Selena777
Яблуко впало з дерева. — brambury
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1 sensesThe cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
Examples
6303 sentencesThe apple fell from the tree.
Яблуко впало з дерева. — brambury
ruЯблоко упало с дерева. — Selena777
deDer Apfel ist vom Baum gefallen. — MUIRIEL
An apple fell off the tree.
З яблуні впало яблуко. — ascolto
ruС дерева упало яблоко. — marafon
deEin Apfel fiel vom Baum. — Manfredo
The tree fell down by itself.
Дерево впало саме. — deniko
ruДерево само упало. — marafon
deDer Baum ist von alleine umgefallen. — xtofu80
Christmas fell on Saturday that year.
Різдво цього року випало на суботу. — deniko
ruВ тот год Рождество выпало на субботу. — sharptoothed
deWeihnachten fiel in diesem Jahr auf einen Samstag. — al_ex_an_der
The city fell to the enemy.
Місто було захоплено ворогом. — deniko
deDie Stadt fiel in die Hände des Feindes. — Tamy
Origin
Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale.Perhaps from the north-eastern Scottish pronunciation of whale.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- B2Describing graphs and trends — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- fell fell
- fell fell asleep
- fall asleep
- fell fell in
- fall in love
- fell fell off
- fell fell down
- and fell fell
- fell fell into
- to fall asleep
- fell fell and
- almost fell fell
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.