Definitions for falls
falls

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. fallsnoun

   the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

2. waterfall, fallsnoun

   a steep descent of the water of a river

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fallsnoun

   A waterfall.

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1. falls

   Falls refers to the act or instance of accidentally or unexpectedly dropping down or collapsing due to loss of balance or control, often leading to injury. It can also refer to natural features such as waterfalls where a stream or river drops from a height. The term can also indicate a decline or decrease in a particular aspect, like prices, rates, or standards.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. falls

   When a ship is not flush, this is the term given to those risings of some parts of her decks (which she may have) more than others.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FALLS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Falls is ranked #4865 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Falls surname appeared 7,250 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Falls.
   
   72.3% or 5,244 total occurrences were White.
   21.8% or 1,584 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 176 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 160 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 50 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 36 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Perianth
   • River

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'falls' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4310

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'falls' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4234

How to pronounce falls?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say falls in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of falls in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of falls in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of falls in a Sentence

1. Michael Winkleman:

   This is a matter that should be decided by a jury, and we are confident and hopeful the appellate court will agree, we will continue to fight and raise awareness about the dangers of unintentional toddler window falls. This case was always about Chloe Wiegand and shining a light on Chloe Wiegand brief but beautiful life. That goal has not changed.

2. Eric Swalwell:

   Ben Sasse remains the Mitt Romney of Susan Collinses: He talks a good game but generally falls into line with Trump at the drop of a hat.

3. John Oliver:

   [Vice President Pence], clearly, to put it in the nicest possible terms, is not a friend of the LGBTQ community, so we, on top of that, have released our own book about his bunny where his bunny falls in love with another male bunny and gets married, because that’s the world that we want to live in.

4. Chris Murphy:

   This revolving door of American leadership is devastating to our nation's security as our allies now turn to more stable nations -- like China and Russia -- as our foreign policy infrastructure falls apart, john Bolton was the wrong choice and the silver lining to this instability is that there will be fewer people whispering war chants in the president's ear. But no one of any quality is going to take a job in the nation's national security cabinet so long as everyone's head is permanently hovering slightly above the chopping block.

5. Tom Carper:

   While this is a less dramatic rollback than the 0% annual stringency increase that was included in the proposed rule, it still falls well short of the historic average 2.4% per year actual tailpipe-efficiency standard increases that the fleet has achieved without the use of any credits or other compliance flexibilities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=falls
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Falls
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=falls
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html