clift

[ klift ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, South Midland U.S.

Clift

[ klift ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Origin of clift¹

1350–1400; Middle English, alteration of cliff (perhaps by influence of cleft ¹ )

Montgomery Clift, who was most likely gay, drank himself to death.

Yet, among film aficionados Eternity will always be slightly diminished as Montgomery Clift did not win.

Eleanor Clift on how Obama talked up his plan—and what Clinton feared.

If he can move the nation, he can move Congress, writes Eleanor Clift.

Eleanor Clift and Josh Rogin go inside the shift—and assess the risks.

Through the influence of Clift he was elected a fellow of the Geological Society early in 1834.

We had been carried into a clift where there is a coastguard station; and the good men had come down and were helping us on shore.

Clift; a light-headed person, easily roused and rendered foolishly excited.

Fust theah hosses got into a loco patch, an' one dawk night walked oveh a clift thinkin' it were thu aidge o' a sun crack.

It shews a steep rocky clift next the sea, and off the very point are some rocks like spires.

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