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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Through forest boles the storm-wind rolls, Vext of the sea-driv'n rain; And, up in the clift, through many a rift, The voices of torrents complain.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Henry Kendall
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.
From Modern Broods by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I fell over a rock clift twenty feet down, and if ’t hadn’t been for the laurel I’d a-bruk some bones.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
It shews a steep rocky clift next the sea, and off the very point are some rocks like spires.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
The harebells growed on the very edge of the fust clift, and a little way down the face of it, and looked mighty pooty a-floating in the wind.
From Outpost by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
Clift: The World Cup in America is super fun, so we wanted to support it and be a part of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 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
Yes, I just rewatched “Red River” on the Criterion Channel, and Montgomery Clift is method and John Wayne is “old school.”
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
Dexter Clift, better known as River Medway, competed on the third series of Drag Race UK and went on to perform with The Vivienne in various projects including shows and music videos.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
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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