falling


Meanings

  • descend in free fall under the influence of gravity;
  • move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
    • "The barometer is falling"
  • pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;
  • come under, be classified or included;
  • fall from clouds;
    • "rain, snow and sleet were falling"
  • suffer defeat, failure, or ruin;
  • die, as in battle or in a hunt;
  • touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
  • be captured;
  • occur at a specified time or place;
  • decrease in size, extent, or range;
  • yield to temptation or sin;
  • lose office or power;
  • to be given by assignment or distribution;
  • move in a specified direction;
  • be due;
  • lose one's chastity;
  • to be given by right or inheritance;
  • come into the possession of;
  • fall to somebody by assignment or lot;
  • be inherited by;
  • slope downward;
  • lose an upright position suddenly;
  • drop oneself to a lower or less erect position;
  • fall or flow in a certain way;
  • assume a disappointed or sad expression;
  • be cast down;
  • come out; issue;
  • be born, used chiefly of lambs;
  • begin vigorously;
  • go as if by falling;
  • come as if by falling;
  • decreasing in amount or degree;
    • "falling temperature"
  • becoming lower or less in degree or value;
    • "a falling market"
    • "falling incomes"
  • coming down freely under the influence of gravity;
    • "falling rain"


Scrabble Score: 11

falling is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

falling is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

falling is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

falling is a valid Words With Friends word