Happen

v. occur, take place

Verb
1. come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
(synonym) hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
(hyponym) break, recrudesce, develop
(derivation) happening, occurrence, natural event
2. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
(synonym) befall, bechance
(hypernym) hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
3. chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
(hypernym) chance
(verb-group) befall, bechance
4. come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
(synonym) materialize, materialise
(hypernym) hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
(hyponym) appear, come out
5. come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
(synonym) find, chance, bump, encounter

n. mouthful, sip, bite

v. bite, snap, grip with the teeth; take bait

n. bite, mouthful

(v. i.)
To take place; to occur.
  

(v. i.)
To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.