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fall together

fall together verb: to be merged or coalesce; to become identical.

Verb

fall together (third-person singular simple present falls together, present participle falling together, simple past fell together, past participle fallen together)

  1. (intransitive) To be merged or coalesce; to become identical.
  2. (intransitive) To come together.
    • For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Great Love of His Native Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […]...
  3. (Newfoundland, archaic, intransitive) Of the eyes: to close, especially from tiredness.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) to contract

fall together meaning in Sanskrit

fall together in Sanskrit

to fall together, meet or unite with, obtain, get into, partake of
सम्पद् sampad

Forms of fall together

third-person singular presentfalls together
present participlefalling together
pastfell together
past participlefallen together

Origin of fall together

The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also German zusammenfallen (“to merge”).

Words formed from fall together

  • fall together by the ears

Questions about fall together

What does fall together mean?
Fall together means to be merged or coalesce; to become identical.
What is fall together in Sanskrit?
Fall together in Sanskrit is सम्पद् (sampad). See Fall together meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is fall together?
Fall together is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall together?
The past tense of fall together is fell together.

Words near fall together in the dictionary

  1. fall to bits
  2. fall to one's knees
  3. fall to pieces
  4. fall to someone's lot
  5. fall to the ground
  6. fall together
  7. fall under
  8. fall up
  9. fall upon
  10. fall upon someone's neck
  11. fall victim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fall together (page history and authors); सम्पद् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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