cliff

«cliff» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a high, steep wall of rock or earth, often at the edge of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cliff, cliffs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cliff is a high, steep wall of rock or earth, often at the edge of the sea. tree →

2) A cliffhanger is a story or episode that ends at an exciting moment so you want to know what happens next. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• 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 →
• The White Cliffs of Dover are made of chalk. tree →
• Stay away from the edge of the cliff. tree →
• Seabirds nest on the cliffs. tree →
• We walked along the cliff path. tree →
• The waves crash against the cliffs. tree →
• The book ended on a cliffhanger. tree →
• The cliff edge was crumbling, so they put up a fence. tree →
• The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff. tree →

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 the corpora

• Cartoons break the rules of physics on purpose to be funny, like running off a cliff and falling only after looking down.
• The cliff-jumping lemming myth was spread by a 1958 Disney film in which the film makers pushed lemmings over a cliff.
• Lemmings do not jump off cliffs on purpose; the famous 1958 film scene was staged by bringing lemmings in and pushing them off.
• Some books and quizzes still repeat the cliff myth, because people copy facts without checking where they came from.
• The cliff story spread from a 1958 nature film in which people pushed lemmings off a cliff for the camera.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cliff» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.