Klippe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bluff verb To pretend to be stronger, more confident, or more prepared than you really are, in order to deceive or intimidate.
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- cliff noun A high, steep face of rock, often found along a coastline.
- rock noun A hard natural mineral material, or a piece of it such as a stone or boulder.
Senses
Klippe is used for these senses in English:
- bluff A high, steep bank, for example by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
- buttress (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
- cliff A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- rock A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- rock A large hill or island having no vegetation.
bluff — full definition
- verb To pretend to be stronger, more confident, or more prepared than you really are, in order to deceive or intimidate.
- noun An act of pretending to be stronger or more confident than you really are.
- noun A steep cliff or bank, often beside a river or the sea.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.