Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A high, steep, or overhanging face of rock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The strata of rock above or between the strata of coal.
- noun Hard chalk.
- noun The steep and rugged face of a rocky mass; a steep rock or headland; a precipice.
- noun A variant of
clef .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A high, steep rock; a precipice.
- noun (Zoöl.) a North American swallow (
Petrochelidon lunifrons ), which builds its nest against cliffs; theeaves swallow . - noun (Mus.), obsolete See
clef .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vertical (or nearly vertical)rock face . - noun music Obsolete form of
clef .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a steep high face of rock
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here what they call a cliff was a crumbling bank of whitey-brown earth not fifty feet high.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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It is well to specify that in the preceding remarks the term cliff ruin has been applied to small settlements, comprising generally less than four rooms, sometimes only one or two, and usually located on high and almost inaccessible sites.
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Here what they call a cliff was a crumbling bank of whitey-brown earth not fifty feet high.
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It's been said that the only good thing that comes of jumping off a cliff is the way the mind becomes wonderfully concentrated.
Big Questions and Little Trinkets Ulysses 2008
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It's been said that the only good thing that comes of jumping off a cliff is the way the mind becomes wonderfully concentrated.
Archive 2008-12-01 Ulysses 2008
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Whatever keeps you from throwing her out the window or throwing yourself off a cliff is the right thing to do! tomama Said,
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In Brooklyn, the beach just over the cliff is where Eilis comes on a Sunday afternoon, where she goes swimming with Jim Farrell and realises how much she likes him.
A life in books: Colm Tóibín Susanna Rustin 2010
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Watching the Liberals follow their socialist leader off the political cliff is wonderful.
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You cannot predict the cliff from the flatness of the plateau.
March 29th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Inspired by National Geographic wildlife filmmaker stories from the field, the 30 and 45 second brand spots recreate these extraordinary moments from narrowly escaping a treacherous fall while filming on a remote mountain cliff to wading through leech-infested waters in search of howler monkeys.
Nat Geo Wild Reveals New Brand Campaign *Updated* « Art & Business of Motion 2009
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That’s no surprise: women and people of color are more likely to be promoted to CEO of weakly performing firms, studies show, a phenomenon called the glass cliff.
I Tried to Live Off Women-Owned Businesses. Turns Out, Men Still Run Everything Alana Semuels 2021
jrome commented on the word cliff
"...commission + substantial equity earn-in after 90-day cliff."
January 25, 2007