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infall

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɪnfɔːl/
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  • /ɪnˈfɔːl/
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  • rhymes with -ɔːl

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of falling in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An incursion; an inroad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1650, Oliver Cromwell, a letter we learn that Ker , with his Western Army , was lying at a place called Carmunnock , when he made this infall upon Lambert

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The area where water, storm runoff, etc., enters a storm drain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Movement towards a massive astronomical body under the influence of gravity; especially the process whereby gas falls towards a neutron star or black hole at high speed, forming a plasma

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To fall in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To undergo infall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English fall English infall From in- + fall.