falling

English

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/
• (UK): enPR: fälʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈfɑlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ

Verb

falling

1. Present participle of fall.

Adjective

falling (not comparable)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) That falls or fall.

   falling leaves

   falling prices

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective falling

deviation of a falling body downfalling everfalling falling action falling band, falling-band falling collar falling diphthong falling-disease falling-door falling dunes falling-evil

falling factorial falling film evaporator falling front or back falling-gate falling-hinge falling houses falling-ill falling-in falling knife falling leaf falling limb

falling-mold, falling-mould falling palate falling rhythm falling-rising falling ruff falling scream falling sequential product falling sickness, falling-sickness falling-sluice falling sphere

falling star, falling-star falling stone falling tide falling tone falling weather, falling-weather falling weight deflectometer in-falling, infalling rising-falling tear-falling wall-falling

Translations

that falls

• French: tombant (fr)

• Italian: cadente (it) m, f, calante (it) m, f

Noun

falling (usually uncountable, plural fallings)

1. The action of the verb to fall.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun falling

downfalling falling axe falling of the leaf falling of the womb falling rope falling saw

falling-short falling wedge infalling intelligent falling off-falling outfalling