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falls

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An·gel Fall or Falls  (njl)
A waterfall, about 980 m (3,212 ft) high, in southeast Venezuela. It is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.
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Noun1.falls - the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)
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
2.fallsfalls - a steep descent of the water of a river
body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
cascade - a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
cataract - a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
Translations
falls [fɔːlz] npl (waterfall) → cascate fpl
the Niagara Falls → le cascate del Niagara
falls [fɔːlz] npl (waterfall) → cascate fpl
the Niagara Falls → le cascate del Niagara


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Higginbotham was as well known at Parker's Falls as any citizen of the place, being part owner of the slitting mill, and a considerable stockholder in the cotton factories.
Not long after their return, however, further accounts were received, by two wandering Indians, which established the fact that the Northwest Company had actually erected a trading house on the Spokane River, which falls into the north branch of the Columbia.
There is the man whom we all know, stupid, unimaginative, whose brain is bitten numbly by numb maggots; who walks generously with wide-spread, tentative legs, falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and pink elephants.
 
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