Cliff
noun
A high, steep rock or a sharp drop off.
The lighthouse stands on top of the cliff.
Often appears as...
- rocky cliff
- cliff edge
noun
Something that is very dangerous or difficult and could cause disastrous results.
The company is on the edge of a financial cliff.
Often appears as...
- financial cliff
- cliff edge
Usage tips
Disapproving
Figurative
noun
A high, steep rock or a sharp drop off.
The lighthouse stands on top of the cliff.
Often appears as...
- rocky cliff
- cliff edge
noun
Something that is very dangerous or difficult and could cause disastrous results.
The company is on the edge of a financial cliff.
Often appears as...
- financial cliff
- cliff edge
Usage tips
Disapproving
Figurative
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'cliff' to describe scenes that should create a vivid mental image of heights and drops.
From the cliff, the vast ocean extended to the horizon.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Formations
'Cliff' often appears in discussions about geography, travel, and nature.
He hiked to the cliff to watch the sunrise.
Pro Tip 3/3Adventure Settings
Cliffs are commonly featured in adventure stories and movies, symbolizing challenge or danger.
The treasure map directed them to a hidden cave near the cliff's base.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'cliff' to describe scenes that should create a vivid mental image of heights and drops.
From the cliff, the vast ocean extended to the horizon.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Formations
'Cliff' often appears in discussions about geography, travel, and nature.
He hiked to the cliff to watch the sunrise.
Pro Tip 3/3Adventure Settings
Cliffs are commonly featured in adventure stories and movies, symbolizing challenge or danger.
The treasure map directed them to a hidden cave near the cliff's base.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'cliff' to describe scenes that should create a vivid mental image of heights and drops.
From the cliff, the vast ocean extended to the horizon.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Formations
'Cliff' often appears in discussions about geography, travel, and nature.
He hiked to the cliff to watch the sunrise.
Pro Tip 3/3Adventure Settings
Cliffs are commonly featured in adventure stories and movies, symbolizing challenge or danger.
The treasure map directed them to a hidden cave near the cliff's base.
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Video examples
Rescuing Adorable Grey...
help while they're in transport seeing more animals from entanglement as well there's more again public awareness of the issue and more people reporting it when they see it sometimes it's a case of seeing an animal that is completely unaccessible unfortunately and we can't actually get to it it's down a big cliff but
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The myth of Prometheus -...
Prometheus was to be chained to a cliff for eternity. Each day, he would be visited by a vulture who would tear out his liver and each night his liver would grow back to be attacked again in the morning. Although Prometheus remained in perpetual agony, he never expressed regret at his act of rebellion.
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"To This Day" ... for...
not because his parents opted for a different destiny. He was three when he became a mixed drink of one part left alone and two parts tragedy, started therapy in eighth grade, had a personality made up of tests and pills, lived like the uphills were mountains and the downhills were cliffs,
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New Zealand's Stunning...
All of a sudden you’re overlooking this amazing body of water with this huge cliff. I don’t think that I’ve seen that kind of a magical beach in my life. Like, jaw dropping. The water literally had like eight different shades of colours.
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A Collection Of Spring...
the world's largest eagle stella's sea eagle a third as big again as a golden throughout the summer the eagles hunt in thailand's crowded colonies riding on the updrafts they patrol the top of the cliffs
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The Blue Planet...
the world's largest eagle stella's sea eagle a third as big again as a golden throughout the summer the eagles hunt in thailand's crowded colonies riding on the updrafts they patrol the top of the cliffs
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Best of Animal Teamwork...
cliff face safe from most predators but these Eagles use a tactic rarely seen in the bird world they go to work as a team it won't be easy fan tailed Ravens don't like eagles in their airspace
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Nail-Biting Leopard...
males must fight for the right to breed but on these sheer cliffs any slip by either animal could be fatal a snow leopard the rarest of himalayan
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The Largest Falcon in...
the absence of his bigger more powerful mate is a good sign incubating eggs deep behind this overhang in the cliff
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My life as a professional...
you the viewers let's have a look at my first jump off a brand-new cliff without the use of sports cameras
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Rescuing Adorable Grey...
help while they're in transport seeing more animals from entanglement as well there's more again public awareness of the issue and more people reporting it when they see it sometimes it's a case of seeing an animal that is completely unaccessible unfortunately and we can't actually get to it it's down a big cliff but
Video examples
The myth of Prometheus -...
Prometheus was to be chained to a cliff for eternity. Each day, he would be visited by a vulture who would tear out his liver and each night his liver would grow back to be attacked again in the morning. Although Prometheus remained in perpetual agony, he never expressed regret at his act of rebellion.
Video examples
"To This Day" ... for...
not because his parents opted for a different destiny. He was three when he became a mixed drink of one part left alone and two parts tragedy, started therapy in eighth grade, had a personality made up of tests and pills, lived like the uphills were mountains and the downhills were cliffs,
Video examples
New Zealand's Stunning...
All of a sudden you’re overlooking this amazing body of water with this huge cliff. I don’t think that I’ve seen that kind of a magical beach in my life. Like, jaw dropping. The water literally had like eight different shades of colours.
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
the world's largest eagle stella's sea eagle a third as big again as a golden throughout the summer the eagles hunt in thailand's crowded colonies riding on the updrafts they patrol the top of the cliffs
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
the world's largest eagle stella's sea eagle a third as big again as a golden throughout the summer the eagles hunt in thailand's crowded colonies riding on the updrafts they patrol the top of the cliffs
Video examples
Best of Animal Teamwork...
cliff face safe from most predators but these Eagles use a tactic rarely seen in the bird world they go to work as a team it won't be easy fan tailed Ravens don't like eagles in their airspace
Video examples
Nail-Biting Leopard...
males must fight for the right to breed but on these sheer cliffs any slip by either animal could be fatal a snow leopard the rarest of himalayan
Video examples
The Largest Falcon in...
the absence of his bigger more powerful mate is a good sign incubating eggs deep behind this overhang in the cliff
Video examples
My life as a professional...
you the viewers let's have a look at my first jump off a brand-new cliff without the use of sports cameras
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Quote examples
Kell Brook
British Athlete
It's depression. You can't put it into words. You get stuck and time passes by. I'm stood there on the edge of a cliff, can't go back and can't go forward. Days go by. I'm still in the same place. Everyone else's life goes on, but you're stuck. You try and try and try and I don't know how, but you came out of it eventually.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
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Jim Cummings
American Actor
I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder.
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Dean Potter
American Athlete
Well, I'm a pretty wild guy and I live pretty close to nature - I've often lived in caves or on the edge of cliffs or in forests - so it's just second nature for me to tap into the movings of the weather and the world.
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Johnny Gargano
American Wrestler
NXT in my head is something I'm trying to help build, get it to its peak. I will do whatever I have to: I will strap NXT to my back and carry it up a cliff if I have to.
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Carla Gugino
American Actress
I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.
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Vera Lynn
British Musician
I am delighted to learn that the small part I played in the campaign to protect the white cliffs of Dover has been so effective.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
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Kelley O'Hara
American Athlete
Life is awesome as a college athlete, and then it's a total cliff to jump off.
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Jeff Beck
British Musician
Cliff Gallup is one of my heroes; I'd dearly love to meet him.
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Kell Brook
British Athlete
It's depression. You can't put it into words. You get stuck and time passes by. I'm stood there on the edge of a cliff, can't go back and can't go forward. Days go by. I'm still in the same place. Everyone else's life goes on, but you're stuck. You try and try and try and I don't know how, but you came out of it eventually.
Quote examples
Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
Quote examples
Jim Cummings
American Actor
I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder.
Quote examples
Dean Potter
American Athlete
Well, I'm a pretty wild guy and I live pretty close to nature - I've often lived in caves or on the edge of cliffs or in forests - so it's just second nature for me to tap into the movings of the weather and the world.
Quote examples
Johnny Gargano
American Wrestler
NXT in my head is something I'm trying to help build, get it to its peak. I will do whatever I have to: I will strap NXT to my back and carry it up a cliff if I have to.
Quote examples
Carla Gugino
American Actress
I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.
Quote examples
Vera Lynn
British Musician
I am delighted to learn that the small part I played in the campaign to protect the white cliffs of Dover has been so effective.
Quote examples
Ray Bradbury
American Writer
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
Quote examples
Kelley O'Hara
American Athlete
Life is awesome as a college athlete, and then it's a total cliff to jump off.
Quote examples
Jeff Beck
British Musician
Cliff Gallup is one of my heroes; I'd dearly love to meet him.
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