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• Cliff chipmunk — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …   Wikipedia

• cliff — n. 1) to climb, scale a cliff 2) a rugged; sheer, steep cliff * * * [klɪf] scale a cliff sheer steep cliff a rugged to climb …   Combinatory dictionary

• Cliff Chipmunk — Taxobox name = Cliff Chipmunk status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Sciuridae genus = Tamias species = T. dorsalis binomial = Tamias dorsalis binomial authority …   Wikipedia

• steep — steep1 [stēp] adj. [ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE * steup < base * (s)teu , to strike, butt > STOCK, STUB, L tundere, to strike] 1. having a sharp rise or highly… …   English World dictionary

• cliff — [ klıf ] noun count ** the steep side of an area of high land: They pushed the car over the edge of the cliff. a. only before noun relating to a cliff: the cliff edge/face/top …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Cliff — (kl[i^]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See {Climb}.] A high, steep rock; a precipice. [1913 Webster] {Cliff swallow} (Zo[ o]l.), a North American… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cliff swallow — Cliff Cliff (kl[i^]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See {Climb}.] A high, steep rock; a precipice. [1913 Webster] {Cliff swallow} (Zo[ o]l.), a North …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cliff — O.E. clif, from P.Gmc. *kliban (Cf. O.S. clif, O.N. klif, O.H.G. klep, M.Du. klippe, Ger. Klippe cliff, steep rock ), perhaps from PIE root *gleibh to adhere, be attached. Cliff dweller first attested 1889, Amer.Eng …   Etymology dictionary

• cliff-face — cliffˈ face noun The sheer or steep front of a cliff • • • Main Entry: ↑cliff …   Useful english dictionary

• cliff´like´ — cliff «klihf», noun. a very steep slope of rock or clay: »The cliff overlooks the river fall below. SYNONYM(S): precipice, bluff. ╂[Old English clif. Probably related to cleave1.] –cliff´like´, adjective …   Useful english dictionary

• cliff — [klıf] n [: Old English; Origin: clif] a large area of rock or a mountain with a very steep side, often at the edge of the sea or a river …   Dictionary of contemporary English