clift
UK/klɪft/
clift noun: a cliff.
Noun
clift (plural clifts)
- A cliff.
- So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, / Whose false foundation waues haue washt away [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- 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.1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 91
Proper noun capitalized: Clift
Clift (plural Clifts)
- A surname.
Forms of clift
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | clifts |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Clifts |
Origin of clift
Variant form of cliff, influenced by cleft.
Words formed from clift
Words that rhyme with clift
Questions about clift
- What does clift mean?
- Clift means a cliff.
- What part of speech is clift?
- Clift can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce clift?
- Clift is pronounced /klɪft/ (UK).
- What is the plural of clift?
- The plural of clift is clifts.
Words near clift in the dictionary
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