take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | occur at a specified time or place |
set in motion, cause to start | decrease in size, extent, or range |
begin to speak or say | pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | be born, used chiefly of lambs |
achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | come out; issue |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | assume a disappointed or sad expression |
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | begin vigorously |
be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series | come as if by falling |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way | be cast down |
have a beginning, of a temporal event | go as if by falling |
| fall or flow in a certain way |
| move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| move in a specified direction |
| descend in free fall under the influence of gravity |
| slope downward |
| drop oneself to a lower or less erect position |
| lose an upright position suddenly |
| to be given by assignment or distribution |
| be captured |
| fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed |
| come into the possession of |
| to be given by right or inheritance |
| be inherited by |
| lose office or power |
| yield to temptation or sin |
| suffer defeat, failure, or ruin |
| lose one's chastity |
| die, as in battle or in a hunt |
| be due |
| come under, be classified or included |
| touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly |
| fall from clouds |