clift
noun
clift
1 American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
South Midland U.S.
Clift
2
American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
Etymology
Origin of clift
1350–1400; Middle English, alteration of cliff (perhaps by influence of cleft 1 )
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The torrent flies over the thunder-struck clift With many and many a call; The leaves are swept down, and a dolorous drift Is hurried away with the fall.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
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.
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
In love, not scorn, He put him in a clift of the rock's base, Covered him with his hand, his eyes to screen— Passed—lifted it: his back alone appears!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by MacDonald, George
O, I could long like thy cold icicles Freeze, freeze, and hang upon the frosty clift And not complain, so I might melt at last In the warm summer sun, as thou wilt do!
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
The big bag, wi’ its contents, wor crammed up into a hole in the rocks—the clift at the back o’ the house.”
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
"Those like me, who hold to the historic teaching, also feel that pain, and all groups need to be recognised," said Simon Clift, a lay member of Synod from Winchester.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
That 1948 John Wayne-Montgomery Clift drama, a Shakespearean clash of personalities on an epic cattle drive from Texas to Missouri, was a Hawks masterpiece and the greatest western of the Hollywood Golden Age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Written and directed by comedian Joey Clift, this delightful short trains a humorous lens on a young boy named Jake who attends his first powwow when he’d much rather just play video games.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
Committee member Joey Clift, a writer on Netflix’s “Spirit Rangers,” said that AI protections were among the top priorities for members, but the tentative contract falls short.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
Her father was light-skinned and movie-star handsome, like Montgomery Clift and Harry Belafonte rolled into one.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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