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# cliff

noun (a cliff, cliffs)

«cliff» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cliff is a high, steep wall of rock or earth, often at the edge of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#m1)
2. A cliffhanger is a story or episode that ends at an exciting moment so you want to know what happens next. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons cliffs are formed by erosion as waves wear the rock away; in safety lessons you stay away from cliff edges, which can crumble. Phrases: «the edge of the cliff», «cliff top», «chalk cliffs», «cliff path», «cliffhanger».

### Examples

- The White Cliffs of Dover are made of chalk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x1)
- Stay away from the edge of the cliff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x2)
- Seabirds nest on the cliffs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x3)
- We walked along the cliff path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x4)
- The waves crash against the cliffs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x5)
- The book ended on a cliffhanger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x6)
- The cliff edge was crumbling, so they put up a fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x7)
- The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Double f. Safety: cliff edges can give way without warning, and the bottom can be cut off by the tide; keep behind fences and check tide times on beaches under cliffs.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Song of Songs it is a rocky hiding place, where the beloved dove is hidden.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads the Song as a love story between God and Israel, so the dove in the rock is Israel, whom God longs to see and hear in prayer.

### Examples

- O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.' (Writings SNG.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cliff/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Double f. Safety: cliff edges can give way without warning, and the bottom can be cut off by the tide; keep behind fences and check tide times on beaches under cliffs.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cliff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cliff/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cliff» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cliff.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cliff» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cliff/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cliff» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cliff.html) on Mova free.