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Webster 1913 Edition


Falling

Fall′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Fall
,
Verb.
I.
Falling away
,
Falling off
, etc.
See
To fall away
,
To fall off
, etc., under
Fall
,
Verb.
I.
Falling band
,
the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.
Falling sickness
(Med.)
,
epilepsy.
Shak.
Falling star
.
(Astron.)
Falling stone
,
a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aërolite.
Falling tide
,
the ebb tide.
Falling weather
,
a rainy season.
[Colloq.]
Bartlett.

Webster 1828 Edition


Falling

FALL'ING

,
ppr.
Descending; dropping; disemboguing; apostatizing; declining; decreasing; sinking; coming.

FALL'ING

,

Definition 2024


falling

falling

English

Verb

falling

  1. present participle of fall

Adjective

falling (not comparable)

  1. That falls or fall.
    falling leaves
    falling prices

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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.

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