cliff

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a steep high face of rock

   I stood on a high cliff overlooking the town.

2. 2
   noun

   A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

   , scar

3. 3
   noun

   Obsolete form of clef.

   Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]

4. 4
   noun

   A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.

5. 5
   name

   A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.

6. 6
   name

   A surname.

7. 7
   name

   An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

8. 8
   name

   A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.

Etymology

From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.