clift

/klɪft/

noun 1name 1

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ADJ.

false, huge

CLIFT + NOUN

foundation

Definitions

noun

A cliff.

So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away [...].

so broad is the bay here, we could scarce perceive the great high clifts on the other side: by them we Anchored that night and called them Riccards Cliftes.

name

A surname.

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Example Bank

So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away [...].

Wiktionary

so broad is the bay here, we could scarce perceive the great high clifts on the other side: by them we Anchored that night and called them Riccards Cliftes.

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i Register

In some senses, clift is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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