Falling

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which falls or drops; a dropping.
  • noun. That which sinks; a hollow: as, risings and fallings in the ground.
  • noun. In pathology, displacement of a part or organ downward: as, falling of the womb or of the eyelid. See prolapsus, ptosis.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • from fall, v. i.
  • See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i.
  • undefined
  • the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.
  • epilepsy.
  • See Shooting star.
  • a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aĆ«rolite.
  • the ebb tide.
  • a rainy season.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of fall.
  • adjective. That falls or fall.
  • noun. The action of the verb to fall.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. decreasing in amount or degree
  • adjective. becoming lower or less in degree or value
  • adjective. coming down freely under the influence of gravity
  • Word Usage
    "Extend the exercise so as to produce with each element, and with all the various intervals, a series or succession of rising and falling intervals, thus: _rising, falling, rising, falling_, etc."
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    fall  
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    fall