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FALLS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A steep descent of the water of a river
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("falls" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "falls"):
cascade (a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls)
cataract (a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice)
Instance hyponyms:
Yosemite; Yosemite Falls (a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year)
Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)
Urubupunga; Urubupunga Falls (a waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil)
Twin; Twin Falls (a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho)
Tugela; Tugela Falls (a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap)
Takakkaw (a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high))
Guaira; Guaira Falls; Sete Quedas (a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay)
Paulo Afonso; Paulo Afonso Falls (a major waterfall in northeastern Brazil)
Niagara; Niagara Falls (waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls)
Iguassu; Iguassu Falls; Iguazu; Iguazu Falls; Victoria Falls (a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil)
Cuquenan; Cuquenan Falls; Kukenaam; Kukenaam Falls (a famous waterfall in Venezuela)
Canadian Falls; Horseshoe Falls (a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario)
Angel; Angel Falls (the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally)
American Falls (a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo))
Holonyms ("falls" is a part of...):
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("falls" is a kind of...):
chlamys; floral envelope; perianth; perigone; perigonium (collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb fall
Context examples:
When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls.
(High Blood Pressure, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Some common causes of head injuries are falls, motor vehicle accidents, violence, and sports injuries.
(Head Injuries, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Fractures commonly happen because of car accidents, falls or sports injuries.
(Fractures, NIH)
It is a general term that refers to harm caused by accidents, falls, blows, burns, weapons, and more.
(Injuries, NIH)
The substitution of missing data with an estimated value that falls between known data points.
(Interpolation Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus)
Falls or accidents, including car accidents, are another common cause of neck pain.
(Neck Injuries and Disorders, NIH)
In response to growth factor, KSR1 Ser392 phosphorylation falls, allowing KSR1 to localize with activated RAS and RAF1 at the plasma membrane and facilitating phosphorylation required for activation of MEK and MAPK.
(Kinase Suppressor of RAS-1, NCI Thesaurus)
Falls and accidents seldom "just happen."
(Falls, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
The restriction on licensing is relieved when CDK falls off at the completion of mitosis to allow a new round of replication.
(CDK Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
If this process is inhibited, the LDL receptor is protected against degradation, and the amount of cholesterol in the blood falls.
(Discovery Can Pave the Way for More Effective Cholesterol Medicine, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
