falling

see definition of falling

adjdropping

Synonyms for falling

adj dropping

Antonyms for falling

descent

noun. moving down; lowering

down

adjective. below; physically lower

downhill

adjective. descending

flowing

adjective. gushing, abounding

Word Origin & History

present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.

Example Sentences forfalling

Or he will be killed by falling stones or a treacherous blizzard.

Falling from the lips of others, they dropped with conviction into my own soul.

It was a very old man who held, or tried to hold, Andrew from falling to the floor.

She was like the falling of this starlight, pure, aloof, and strange and gentle.

I knew you would be falling in love sooner or later--only I hoped it would be later.

He's gone now, and when the black night is falling I'll have no son left me in the world.

The mercury in the barometer was falling, and so was the rain.

The rain, as if falling through a sieve, immediately disappears.

The snow was falling quietly and steadily, as it had fallen all day.

Falling in with an American in the Bay of Biscay, we got a barrel of beef which lasted us in.