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Definition of Falls
1. Noun. The petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris).
2. Noun. A steep descent of the water of a river.
Specialized synonyms: American Falls, Angel, Angel Falls, Canadian Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Cuquenan, Cuquenan Falls, Kukenaam, Kukenaam Falls, Iguassu, Iguassu Falls, Iguazu, Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls, Niagara, Niagara Falls, Paulo Afonso, Paulo Afonso Falls, Guaira, Guaira Falls, Sete Quedas, Takakkaw, Tugela, Tugela Falls, Twin, Twin Falls, Urubupunga, Urubupunga Falls, Victoria, Victoria Falls, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls
Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water
Specialized synonyms: Cascade, Cataract
Group relationships: River
Definition of Falls
1. Noun. A waterfall. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of fall) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of fall) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Falls
1. fall [v] - See also: fall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falls
Literary usage of Falls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"AVON falls into Severn. The Watling Street crosses the Avon at Dove-bridge, which
seems to ... EYE. There are two brooks of this name. One falls into ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1890)
"The great height of Niagara falls and the churning up of its waters at the base
with the large volumes of air mechanically carried down into the deep basin ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"THE DURATION OF NIAGARA falls. BY DR. JW SPENCER.' For the past century Niagara
falls has been considered a time measurer, but its greatest interest has ..."
4. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1912)
"Olmsted falls on West Branch.—It has already been stated that Rocky River is formed
... Rather more than 2 miles to the south of Olmsted is Olmsted falls, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Conjectures as to the Age of Niagara falls.—Prior to the writing of the ...
Thus, in 1790, Andrew Ellicott assigned 55000 years as the age of the falls. ..."
6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"In the case of the Grand river this rapid descent commences with the Grand falls,
and almost the whole of the great drop to the ..."
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