Definitions for: Falling


[adj] coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
[adj] suddenly losing an upright position; "they ran from the falling tree"; "a falling wall crushed the car"
[adj] becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes"
[adj] coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot; "the falling action"
[adj] decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fall"ing, a. & n.
from Fall, v. i.

Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall away, {To
fall off}, etc., under Fall, v. 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.) See Shooting star.

Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a
meteorite; an a["e]rolite.

Falling tide, the ebb tide.

Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.

Synonyms: anticlimactic, declining, decreasing, descending(a), down(a), dropping, toppling, tumbling

Antonyms: rising, standing, upright

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