cliff

noun
/klɪf/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *klibą
  2. inherited from *klib
  3. inherited from clif
  4. inherited from clyf

Definitions

  1. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

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

  3. 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. + 7 more definitions
    1. A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.

    2. A surname.

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

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

    5. A hamlet in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2198).

    6. A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester,…

      A neighbourhood, The Cliff, in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8201).

    7. A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing…

      A small settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland, appearing on OS maps as Cliobh (OS grid ref NB0835).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cliff. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cliff. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at cliff

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA