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onfalling

onfalling is the present participle and gerund of onfall.

Meaning of onfall

Verb

onfall (third-person singular simple present onfalls, present participle onfalling, simple past onfell, past participle onfallen)

  1. (transitive) To fall on or upon.
    • [...] have been formed and ripened in large numbers, especially on the shaded ower sides of the leaves, the mycelium is practically exhausted, and as these processes are completed towards the end of the summer, the leaf so onfalls.1889, Harry Marshall Ward, Diseases of plants
  2. (transitive) To assault, attack.

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Questions about onfalling

What is onfalling the present participle and gerund of?
Onfalling is the present participle and gerund of onfall.

Words near onfalling in the dictionary

  1. Onești
  2. ONF
  3. ONF.
  4. onfall
  5. onfallen
  6. onfalling
  7. onfalls
  8. onfell
  9. ONFI
  10. onfield
  11. onflow

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