falling

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/
• (US) enPR: fälʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ

Verb

falling

1. present participle of fall

Adjective

falling (not comparable)

1. That falls or fall.

   a falling leaf

   the falling prices of luxury goods

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 or f, calante (it) m or f

Noun

falling (usually uncountable, plural fallings)

1. gerund of fall
   • (Can we date this quote by Jeremy Taylor and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     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