Fallen

Pronunciation

• UK: IPA: /ˈfɔːlÉ™n/

Verb

1. Past participle of fall

Full definition of fallen

Adjective

1. having dropped by the force of gravityfallen raindrops
2. (literary) killed in battleto honor fallen soldiers
3. having lost one's chastitya fallen woman
4. having collapseda fallen building

Synonyms

• having collapsed: collapsed

Derived terms

Noun

1. (pluralonly) The dead
2. (pluralonly) Casualties of battle or war.
3. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.
• 1873, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical literature, In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.