The meaning of Cliff

noun

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.

Usage examples:

The offer was denounced as a bluff

verb

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

Usage examples:

He's been bluffing all along

adjective

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way.

Usage examples:

A big, bluff, hearty man

noun

A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.

Usage examples:

The rolling, gentle hills of the borderland of northern ireland transform on the turn of a bend int…

noun

A ridge with a gentle slope (dip) on one side and a steep slope (scarp) on the other.

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These form light coloured, erosionally resistant cuestas including jabal kawr and several smaller m…

noun

A ridge (= high, narrow edge along a mountain) with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other

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The niagara escarpment is a cuesta in southern ontario.

noun

A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the most striking feature is the steep escarpment that characterizes the northwest-facing e…

noun

The front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.

Usage examples:

She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely

verb

Short for typeface.

noun

The front of the head including the eyes, nose, and mouth

Usage examples:

Cal hid his face in his hands., we climbed the north face of mount washington., they are faced with…

noun

A precipitous or overhanging wall of rocks.

Usage examples:

The reserve is on and around a beautiful loop of the bushman's river and includes a wide selection …

noun

A waterfall.

verb

Hang or extend outwards over.

Usage examples:

A concrete path overhung by jacaranda trees

noun

A part of something that extends or hangs over something else.

Usage examples:

He crouched beneath an overhang of bushes

verb

(of something at a high level) to stick out farther than something at a lower level and therefore not to have any support from below, or to hang over

Usage examples:

The balcony overhangs the patio, creating a shady place to sit., the house has a deep overhang faci…

noun

A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

Usage examples:

We swerved toward the edge of the precipice

noun

A very steep side of a cliff or mountain

Usage examples:

We stood at the edge of the precipice and looked down at the sea.

noun

A long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

Usage examples:

The north-east ridge of everest

verb

Mark with or form into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly

noun

A long, narrow, raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge of a hill or mountain

Usage examples:

A mountain ridge, plowed ridges looked like stripes across the field.

noun

A mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed.

Usage examples:

A faint scar ran the length of his left cheek

verb

Mark with a scar or scars.

Usage examples:

He is likely to be scarred for life after injuries to his face, arms, and legs

noun

A very steep bank or slope; an escarpment.

Usage examples:

The north face is a very steep scarp

verb

Cut or erode (a slope or hillside) so that it becomes steep, perpendicular, or precipitous.

Usage examples:

The scarped edge of the central plateau

noun

A steep slope or cliff formed by folded or eroded layers of rock

adjective

(of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

Usage examples:

She pushed the bike up the steep hill

noun

A steep mountain slope.

Usage examples:

Hair-raising steeps

verb

Soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavour or to soften it.

Usage examples:

The chillies are steeped in olive oil