# falls

Pronunciation: say "FAWLZ" US /fɔlz/, UK /fɔːlz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of fall. — third-person singular simple present indicative of fall
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of fall. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The temperature falls sharply once the sun goes down._
   - _Snow falls heavily across the mountains in midwinter._

## Noun

2. A place where a river or stream plunges steeply over a ledge or cliff.
   - Simple: A place where a river or stream drops steeply over a cliff or rocks.
   - _The falls drop nearly three hundred feet into a misty gorge._
   - _Tourists gather below the falls to feel the cool spray on warm afternoons._
3. Plural of fall. — plural of fall
   - Simple: Plural of fall. Use this when you mean more than one fall.
   - _Repeated falls are a leading cause of injury among the elderly._
   - _The gymnast's two falls cost her the championship._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/falls (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).