cliff

[ klif ]

/ klɪf /

noun

a high steep face of a rock.

a critical point or situation beyond which something bad or undesirable may occur: The committee is right up to the cliff with no deal in sight.

Origin of cliff

before 900; Middle English clif, Old English, cognate with Dutch, Low German, Old Norse klif

SYNONYMS FOR cliff

1 bluff, promontory, ledge, crag.

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OTHER WORDS FROM cliff

cliff·like, adjective

Words nearby cliff

client-centred therapy, client/server network, clientage, clientele, clifden nonpareil, cliff, cliff brake, cliff dweller, cliff swallow, cliff-hang, cliff-hanging

Definition for cliff (2 of 2)

Cliff

[ klif ]

/ klɪf /

noun

a male given name, form of Clifford or Clifton.

Example sentences from the Web for cliff

This is where I think the argument against me falls off the cliff.

Seriously, Democrats: You’re Done in Dixie |Michael Tomasky |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Would I like to tell half the people I work with to go jump off a cliff?

The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way |Tom Teodorczuk |December 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We first met Hajji Zalwar Khan over tea and lunch in the Pech Valley in a house clinging to a cliff high above the valley floor.

Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley |Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The probe appears to be sitting at the bottom of a "cliff" on the comet, but beyond that it's hard to tell.

Earthlings, We Landed on a Comet |Matthew R. Francis |November 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The young goslings' first major life event is to cliff dive down to their parents, as was captured here by BBC cameras.

Barnacle Gosling’s Death-Defying Cliff Dive |Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video |October 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Captain Zoss was ahead of the others and was on top of the cliff when Earl shouted to him.

To Alaska for Gold |Edward Stratemeyer
Pg 96, name "Cliff" corrected to be "Griffith" (Griffith in his).

Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 |Various
The path was now running along the side of the cliff, parallel to the sea.

The Secret Adversary |Agatha Christie
Yet this cliff or quarry is by common consent taboo among us.

Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694] |Christopher Darlington Morley
Before that there were only plantations of pines on the cliff.

As the Crow Flies |Walter Phelps Dodge

British Dictionary definitions for cliff

cliff

/ (klɪf) /

noun

a steep high rock face, esp one that runs along the seashore and has the strata exposed

Derived forms of cliff

cliffy, adjective

Word Origin for cliff

Old English clif; related to Old Norse kleif, Middle Low German klēf, Dutch klif; see cleave ²

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noun

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cliff

noun

Origin of cliff

SYNONYMS FOR cliff

OTHER WORDS FROM cliff

Words nearby cliff

Definition for cliff (2 of 2)

noun

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Example sentences from the Web for cliff

British Dictionary definitions for cliff

noun

Derived forms of cliff

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