falling
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/
- (US) enPR: fälʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈfɔlɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɑlɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ
Verb[edit]
falling
Adjective[edit]
falling (not comparable)
- That falls or fall.
- a falling leaf
- the falling prices of luxury goods
Derived terms[edit]
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
Translations[edit]
that falls
Noun[edit]
falling (usually uncountable, plural fallings)
- gerund of fall
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- 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.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the noun falling