falling

English

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

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
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