name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
falls
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːlz/
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Northumbria: /faːlz/
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General-American: /fɔlz/
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cot-caught-merger: /fɑlz/
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CMU ARPABET: F AO1 L Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A placename
An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
A placename
An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A placename
A short name for the local waterfall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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name
Meaning 5
A placename
Ellipsis of Niagara Falls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
Meaning 6
plural of Fall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 7
A waterfall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Niagara Falls
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noun
Meaning 8
plural of fall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
Meaning 9
third-person singular simple present indicative of fall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 10
a steep descent of the water of a river
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waterfall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water
Narrower terms: cascade, cataract, American Falls, Angel, Angel Falls, Canadian Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Cuquenan, Cuquenan Falls, Kukenaam, Kukenaam Falls, Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Iguassu, Iguassu Falls, Victoria Falls, Niagara, Niagara Falls, Paulo Afonso, Paulo Afonso Falls, Sete Quedas, Guaira, Guaira Falls, Takakkaw, Tugela, Tugela Falls, Twin, Twin Falls, Urubupunga, Urubupunga Falls, Victoria, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls
noun
Meaning 11
the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: водопад (vodopad) — waterfall
- Danish: vandfald — waterfall
- Finnish: vesiputous — waterfall
- German: Wasserfall — waterfall
- German: -fälle — waterfall
- Hungarian: vízesés — waterfall
- Polish: wodospad — waterfall
- Russian: водопа́д (vodopád) — waterfall
- Scottish Gaelic: eas — waterfall
- Tagalog: talon — waterfall
- Turkish: şelale — waterfall
- Turkish: çavlan — waterfall
- Turkish: kaskat — waterfall
- Turkish: çağlayan — waterfall
Real reading context