fall+ill

  • 1fall ill — index languish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2fall ill — verb to become ill; to sicken …

    Wiktionary

  • 3fall ill — to become sick or infected, come down with    Just before the concert, Wolfgang fell ill and was unable to play his last composition …

    English idioms

  • 4fall ill — become sick …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 5fall — [fôl] vi. fell, fallen, falling [ME fallen < OE feallan, to fall, akin to Ger fallen < IE base * phol , to fall > Lith púolu, to fall] I to come down by the force of gravity; drop; descend 1. to come down because detached, pushed,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 6fall victim to — FALL ILL WITH, be stricken with, catch, develop, contract, pick up; succumb to; informal go down with. → victim * * * I see victim II be hurt, killed, damaged, or destroyed by many streams have fallen victim to the recent drought * * * fall… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7ill — ill1 [ ıl ] adjective ** 1. ) not healthy, because of a medical condition or an injury: He s been ill for a couple of weeks. She was too ill to travel. mentally ill patients terminally ill (=going to die because of an illness)… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8ill — I UK [ɪl] / US adjective Word forms ill : adjective ill comparative worse superlative worst *** 1) not healthy, because of a medical condition or an injury. The usual American word is sick He s been ill for a couple of weeks. She was too ill to… …

    English dictionary

  • 9fall — I n. dropping, coming down 1) to have, take a fall 2) to break a fall 3) a bad, nasty fall (she had a bad fall and broke her ankle) 4) a free fall (of a parachutist) 5) a fall from (a fall from a horse) autumn (AE) 6) an early; late fall 7) in… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10ill — adj. 1) to be taken ill 2) to fall ill 3) desperately, gravely, seriously; incurably, terminally ill 4) emotionally; mentally; physically ill 5) ill with (she is ill with a tropical disease) 6) (misc.) ill at ease ( uncomfortable ) * * * [ɪl]… …

    Combinatory dictionary