fallen

Pluralfallen

1. 1
   adjective

   Dropped to the ground after coming loose from something higher up.

   Like apples lying on the ground after dropping from a tree.

   We raked the fallen leaves into a big pile.

   A fallen branch blocked the path after the storm.

   Similardropped, downed

2. 2
   adjective

   Killed, especially in a war or fight.

   The town built a statue to honor its fallen heroes.

   Each fallen soldier was buried with full honors.

   Similardead, killed, lost, deceased

   Oppositeliving

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3. 3
   verb

   Past participle of fall. Use this form after "has", "have", or "had".

   The temperature has fallen sharply overnight.

   Prices have fallen since last year.

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4. 4
   adjective

   No longer respected or trusted after doing something shameful.

   Like a king who loses his crown and is no longer honored.

   The fallen politician could not win back the public's trust.

   Once admired, he was now a fallen leader avoided by old friends.

   Similardisgraced, discredited, dishonored, shamed

   Oppositerespected, honored, esteemed, redeemed

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5. 5
   adjective

   Knocked down or no longer standing up.

   Like a tower of blocks that has tumbled into a heap.

   Rescuers dug through the fallen building looking for survivors.

   We climbed over a fallen wall to reach the field.

   Similardowned, ruined

   Oppositestanding, upright, erect

6. 6
   nounplural

   People who have died, thought of together as a group.

   The community gathered to remember the fallen.

   Candles were lit in honor of the fallen.

   Similardead, departed, deceased

   Oppositeliving, survivors

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7. 7
   nounplural

   Soldiers and others killed in a war.

   The general saluted the fallen after the battle ended.

   A memorial wall lists the fallen from every regiment.

   Similardead, casualties, slain

   Oppositesurvivors, living

8. 8
   adjective

   No longer seen as pure, said especially of a woman who had sex outside marriage.

   The villagers shunned her as a fallen woman.

   In the old story, the fallen maiden is cast out by her family.

   Similarruined, disgraced, dishonored, unchaste

   Oppositechaste, virtuous, pure, respectable

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9. 9
   nouncountable

   A person who has lost God's favor by sinning.

   Like someone who breaks the rules and loses their respected place in a group.

   The priest believed even a fallen could return to grace.

   He saw himself as a fallen, beyond the church's forgiveness.

   Similarsinner, backslider, reprobate

   Oppositesaint

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