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 support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
- 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 support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
- noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
- noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
- noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.
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