scarp
noun
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
scarped
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past participleof scarp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scarp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scarpnouna line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
Example Sentences
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There, where the scarped cliffside reaches the clouds and the water plunges to the depths of the Grand Canyon, sits one of Norway’s most picturesque villages, Geiranger.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 20, 2023
Further back were some gravel-pits and a scarped bank, where the Cossacks picketed their horses, and a reserve of ammunition was kept, though it was not altogether safe from the enemy's shells.
From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by John Morse
But above the brows of those scarped cliffs, all is in an instant changed.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
Its banks are scarped, about six feet high, and eight feet apart, making a strong natural ditch for defensive works.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
The road by which we travelled was scarped from the side of a mountain, and for some miles pursued a gradually descending course.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
