falling
fo ling
- v descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- v move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
The barometer is falling - v pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- v come under, be classified or included
- v fall from clouds
rain, snow and sleet were falling - v suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- v die, as in battle or in a hunt
- v touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- v be captured
- v occur at a specified time or place
- v decrease in size, extent, or range
- v yield to temptation or sin
- v lose office or power
- v to be given by assignment or distribution
- v move in a specified direction
- v be due
- v lose one's chastity
- v to be given by right or inheritance
- v come into the possession of
- v fall to somebody by assignment or lot
- v be inherited by
- v slope downward
- v lose an upright position suddenly
- v drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- v fall or flow in a certain way
- v assume a disappointed or sad expression
- v be cast down
- v come out; issue
- v be born, used chiefly of lambs
- v begin vigorously
- v go as if by falling
- v come as if by falling
- s decreasing in amount or degree
falling temperature - a becoming lower or less in degree or value
a falling market
falling incomes - s coming down freely under the influence of gravity
falling rain
- Indeed, the chance of debris falling in some city of at least 100,000 inhabitants is a sobering 1 in 7.
- The fortunes of Argentina's new leader are falling even faster than those of the former First Lady she's been compared to.
- Death by falling from great heights is pleasantprovided the smash-up at earth is thorough.