"falling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈfɔlɪŋ/ [US], /ˈfɑlɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-falling.ogg [US] Forms: fallings [plural]
enPR: fälʹĭng Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} falling (usually uncountable, plural fallings)
  1. verbal noun of fall Tags: form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable, usually Form of: fall
    Sense id: en-falling-en-noun-My4al2tL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Derived forms: falling axe, falling of the leaf, falling of the womb, falling rope, falling saw, falling-short, falling wedge, infalling, intelligent falling, off-falling, outfalling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: downfalling, falling-off, falling sickness

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈfɔlɪŋ/ [US], /ˈfɑlɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-falling.ogg [US]
enPR: fälʹĭng Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} falling
  1. present participle and gerund of fall Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fall
    Sense id: en-falling-en-verb-JuzAhnDn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Derived forms: deviation of a falling body, everfalling, falling action, 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 palate, falling rhythm, falling-rising, falling ruff, falling scream, falling sequential product, falling-sluice, falling sphere, falling star, falling stone, falling tide, falling tone, falling weather, falling weight deflectometer, in-falling, rising-falling, tear-falling, wall-falling
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: downfalling, falling-off, falling sickness

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for falling meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)

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