falls

Pluralfalls

1. 1
   it goes downverb

   Third-person singular present of fall. Use it with he, she, or it.

   Rain falls softly on the roof all through the night.

   She falls asleep the moment her head touches the pillow.

   UsageTo say where something belongs, add under or within: it falls under this rule.

2. 2
   river dropnouncountable

   A place where a river or stream drops steeply over a cliff or rocks.

   Like water pouring off the edge of a high table all at once.

   The falls roared so loudly that we could not hear each other speak.

   We hiked all morning to reach the falls at the head of the valley.

   UsageUsually the falls, even for one waterfall. People say both the falls drop and the falls drops.

   Similarwaterfall, cascade, cataract

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3. 3
   several dropsnoun

   Plural of fall. Use this when you mean more than one fall.

   She had two bad falls on the icy steps last winter.

   The old skater has survived many falls without serious injury.

   UsageNot the same as the falls, a waterfall: two falls on the ice means you fell twice.

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