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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
falling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ (UK)
- fälʹĭng (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈfɑlɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈfɔlɪŋ/ (US)
- /ˈfaːlɪn/ (Northumbria)
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable, usually) verbal 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:
Forms
Deriveds
infalling · falling-short · falling saw · falling rope · intelligent falling · falling of the leaf · falling asleep · falling axe · falling wedge · falling weather · outfalling · falling of the womb · falling-off · falling sickness · downfalling · off-falling
Translations (1)
es caimiento (fall)
falling en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ (UK)
- fälʹĭng (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈfɑlɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈfɔlɪŋ/ (US)
- /ˈfaːlɪn/ (Northumbria)
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of fall
a falling leaf
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:the falling prices of luxury goods
Deriveds
unfalling · falling-ill · everfalling · falling rhythm · falling leaf · falling scream · falling houses · falling weight deflectometer · falling factorial · falling knife · falling action · falling star · falling-gate · in-falling · falling-mold · falling tone · falling front or back · falling sequential product · falling number · falling-sluice · falling-evil · fallingly · falling palate · rising-falling · falling tide · falling limb · falling-in · shortfalling · falling film evaporator · falling dunes · tear-falling · falling weather · falling diphthong · falling-door · wall-falling · falling collar · falling ruff · falling-off · falling sickness · falling stone · falling band · falling sphere · downfalling · falling-rising · falling-hinge · falling-disease · deviation of a falling body