Cliff

  • 11cliff — ► NOUN ▪ a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea. DERIVATIVES cliffy adjective. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 12cliff — [klif] n. [ME & OE clif < IE * gleibh , to adhere, be attached < base * glei (see CLAY): basic sense prob. “slippery, smooth rock”] a high, steep face of rock, esp. one on a coast; precipice cliffy adj …

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  • 13cliff|y — «KLIHF ee», adjective. having or formed by cliffs; craggy …

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  • 14Cliff — Precipice redirects here. For other uses, see Precipice (disambiguation). Rock face redirects here. For other uses, see Rock face (disambiguation). For other uses, see Cliff (disambiguation). The Trango Towers in Pakistan. Their vertical faces… …

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  • 15cliff — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, towering ▪ low ▪ dramatic, precipitous, sheer, steep, vertical ▪ …

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  • 16cliff —   Pali, palipa a.    ♦ Tall or distant cliff, pali loa.    ♦ Towering cliff, pali halehale, pali hi i.   ♦ Sheer sea cliff, hula ana.    ♦ Vertical cliff, pali kū.    ♦ Base of cliff, palipa a maoli.    ♦ Small cliff or slope, papali.    ♦ Small… …

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  • 17Cliff — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cliff est un prénom masculin. Cliff Allison (1932 2005) est pilote automobile britannique. Cliff Burton était le bassiste du groupe Metallica. Cliff Floyd …

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  • 18Cliff — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has two possible interpretations. Firstly, the surname may be a locational name from Cliff in Hampshire and Warwickshire, North and South Cliff in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Cliffe in Kent …

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  • 19cliff */*/ — UK [klɪf] / US noun [countable] Word forms cliff : singular cliff plural cliffs a) the steep side of an area of high land They pushed the car over the edge of the cliff. b) [only before noun] relating to a cliff the cliff edge/face/top …

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  • 20cliff — n. 1) to climb, scale a cliff 2) a rugged; sheer, steep cliff * * * [klɪf] scale a cliff sheer steep cliff a rugged to climb …

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