"falls" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɔːlz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɔlz/ [General-American], /fɑlz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-falls.ogg Forms: falls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːlz Head templates: {{en-noun|falls}} falls (plural falls)
  1. A waterfall. Categories (topical): Water, Waterfalls Translations (waterfall): водопад (vodopad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vandfald [neuter] (Danish), vesiputous (Finnish), Wasserfall [masculine] (German), -fälle [masculine, plural] (German), vízesés (Hungarian), wodospad (Polish), водопа́д (vodopád) [masculine] (Russian), eas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), talon (Tagalog)

Noun

IPA: /fɔːlz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɔlz/ [General-American], /fɑlz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-falls.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːlz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} falls
  1. plural of fall Tags: form-of, plural Form of: fall
    Sense id: en-falls-en-noun-aQxtqxtD

Verb

IPA: /fɔːlz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɔlz/ [General-American], /fɑlz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-falls.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔːlz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} falls
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fall Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: fall
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fall"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of fall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːlz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔlz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːlz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "falls"
}

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