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falling   (TTS Sound)

The verb fall has 32 senses

• fall -- (descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse")


• descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")


• fall -- (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work")


• fall, come -- (come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading")


• precipitate, come down, fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum")


• fall -- (suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside")


• fall -- (die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead")


• fall, shine, strike -- (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears")


• fall -- (be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy")


• fall -- (occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable")


• decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")


• fall -- (yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell")


• fall -- (lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen")


• fall -- (to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student")


• fall -- (move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward")


• fall -- (be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month")


• fall -- (lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman")


• fall -- (to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter")


• accrue, fall -- (come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son")


• fall, light -- (fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims")


• fall, return, pass, devolve -- (be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead")


• fall -- (slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean")


• fall, fall down -- (lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead")


• fall -- (drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees")


• hang, fall, flow -- (fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back")


• fall -- (assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell")


• fall -- (be cast down; "his eyes fell")


• fall -- (come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth")


• fall -- (be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon")


• fall -- (begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away")


• fall -- (go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts")


• fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")

The adj falling has 3 senses

• falling -- (decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature")


• falling -- (becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes")


• dropping, falling -- (coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain")