Having dropped by the force of gravity. / (literary) Killed in battle. / Having lost one's chastity. / Having collapsed. / Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.

(plural only) The dead. / (plural only) Casualties of battle or war. / (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.

A medium-sized, very swift falcon, Falco peregrinus, that hunts small birds.

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. / (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a tiercel. / (historical) A light cannon used from the 15th to the 17th century; a falconet.

To hunt with a falcon or falcons.

A ruminant mammal (Dama dama) belonging to the family Cervidae.

A South American hawk (Herpetotheres cachinnans), so called from its notes, which resemble a shrill laughing.

An unsteadiness.

To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. / (transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

(intransitive, formal or literary) To become pregnant.