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falling weather

falling weather noun: weather in which rain (or snow, or hail, etc) occurs or is expected to occur.

Noun

falling weather (uncountable)

  1. Weather in which rain (or snow, or hail, etc) occurs or is expected to occur.
    • When small clouds disappear, there will be no rain that day. If they increase in size, and unite, falling weather is at hand. The reason is plain.1883, S. S. Bassler, The Weather: A Practical Guide to Its Changes Showing Signal Service System, and how to Foretell Local Weather, page 20
    • Morning cloudy, with the wind at West, which shifting to the No. Et. produced strong and encreasing appearances of falling weather before the evening.1905 [????], Colonial Society of Massachusetts, “Diary of George Washington”, in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, page 174

Examples of falling weather in a sentence

  • 2503 If ducks fly high, there will be clear weather. 2504 If ducks fly low, there will be falling weather.1920, Daniel Lindsey Thomas, Lucy Blayney Thomas, Kentucky Superstitions, page 193:
  • 6415 If you dream of the dead, there will be falling weather.2013 July 15, Newman Ivey White, Wayland D. Hand, The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore: Vol. VII: Popular Beliefs and Superstitions...

Questions about falling weather

What does falling weather mean?
Falling weather means weather in which rain (or snow, or hail, etc) occurs or is expected to occur.
How do you use falling weather in a sentence?
2503 If ducks fly high, there will be clear weather. 2504 If ducks fly low, there will be falling weather.
What part of speech is falling weather?
Falling weather is a noun.

Words near falling weather in the dictionary

  1. falling under
  2. falling up
  3. falling upon
  4. falling victim
  5. Falling Waters
  6. falling weather
  7. falling-off
  8. falling-out
  9. falling-sickness
  10. fallingly
  11. fallings

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