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FALLING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity
Example:
falling rain
Synonyms:
dropping; falling
Classified under:
Similar:
descending (coming down or downward)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Becoming lower or less in degree or value
Example:
falling incomes
Classified under:
Similar:
down (becoming progressively lower)
soft ((of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value)
Antonym:
rising (advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Decreasing in amount or degree
Example:
falling temperature
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
decreasing (becoming less or smaller)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fall
Context examples:
During this period, approximately 30,000-22,000 years ago, the reef suffered two death events due to subaerial exposure — exposure of the reef to air caused by falling sea levels.
(Major study reveals Great Barrier Reef’s 30,000-year fight for survival, University of Granada)
Yet the consumption of dairy products is on the decline, falling short of the level recommended in many countries, as the potential benefits of milk and dairy products are starting to be questioned.
(Adequate intake of milk and dairy products in different life stages helps prevent chronic diseases, University of Granada)
This light-eating prowess is due to the planet's unique capability to trap at least 94 percent of the visible starlight falling into its atmosphere.
(Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet, NASA)
I caught her in time to save her from falling, and helped her to a seat on the cabin.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
There was a long rumble of sound, and it seemed to him that he was falling down a vast and interminable stairway.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
‘Oh, yes,’ said he, turning to me, ‘we are very much obliged to you, Miss Hunter, for falling in with our whims so far as to cut your hair.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I cook breakfast, I eat, then I sleep on the beach three hours. I wake up. It is ten o'clock. Snow is falling. There is wind, much wind that blows fair.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I was in a terrible fright, and kept as far as I could from the edge, for fear of falling.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
To rescue the conversation from one of the wells of silence into which it kept falling, Jo said hastily, "Now you must have a good long holiday!"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Now, that part of the puzzle is falling into place as well, Orton said.
(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)
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