Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fall
a falling leaf
2 more examples
the falling prices of luxury goods
Of these, nine were on the Forfar-Perth section, eight were over the sharply-falling grades from Gleneagles to Perth, [...].
1941 March, “Notes and News: Fastest Runs in Scotland, 1940 and 1941”, in Railway Magazine, page 130
plural fallings
- noun from verbuncountableusuallyverbal noun of fall
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.
1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedecreasing in amount or degree
adjectivecoming down freely under the influence of gravity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Spanish caimiento
- caimientofall
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with falling
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