Synset

pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16

sample sentences

"fall into a trap"
"She fell ill"
"They fell out of favor"
"Fall in love"
"fall asleep"
"fall prey to an imposter"
"fall into a strange way of thinking"
"she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

verb frames

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

semantic pointers

hypernym

turn, change state

also see

fall for fall through, fall flat, founder, flop lag, fall back, dawdle, fall behind break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart crumble, fall apart slip, fall away, drop off, drop away fall behind, fall back, drop off, recede

hyponym

drop fall in love