waterfall
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waterfall¹
- /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ UK
- /ˈwoːtəfoːl/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /ˈwɔtɚfɔl/
- /ˈwɑtɚfɑl/ cot caught merger
- /ˈwɔtəɾfɔl/ Scotland
Rhymes with -ɔːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).
noun waterfalls
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A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
Hello, my love, I heard a kiss from you / Red magic satin playing near too / All through the morning rain I gaze, the sun doesn't shine / Rainbows and waterfalls run through my mind
Similar: cataract, cascade, falls, force, foss, forcefall, sault, catadupe
- A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc. A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
- Short for waterfall model A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
- A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
- The action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared vessel. Hey man, can I take a waterfall from your bottle?
- A necktie.
- A chignon (hairstyle).
- A beard. I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]
- A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
verb waterfalls · waterfalling · waterfalled
- To fall like a waterfall. Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
- To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
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Synonym of recycle.
Similar: recycle
Waterfall²
Where it comes from
See waterfall.
proper noun
- A stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring wooden surfaces and curved edges prominently in its design.
- A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
- A barangay of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
- A barangay of Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
- A barangay of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
- A barangay of Sulop, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cascade, falls, cataract, water, yard, chute, shedding, garden, jardin, drop, falling, decline, collapse, fall, sault, downfall
Translations
Every language
noun waterfall-like outpouring
| Español | cascada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 滝 taki |
| 中文 | 瀑布 pùbù |
| हिन्दी | झरना jharnā |
| Português | cascata |
| Deutsch | Wasserfall, Kaskade |
| Italiano | cascata |
| Română | cascadă |
| Русский | водопа́д vodopád, каска́д kaskád |
| العربية | شَلَّال šallāl |
| עברית | מפל mapál |
noun flow of water over the edge of a cliff
| Español | catarata, cascada, caída de agua |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 폭포 pokpo |
| 日本語 | 滝 taki, 瀑布 bakufu |
| 中文 | 瀑布 pùbù |
| हिन्दी | जलप्रपात jalaprapāt, झरना jharnā |
| Kiswahili | maanguko |
| Português | cachoeira, queda-d'água, cascata, salto, catarata |
| Français | cascade, chute d'eau |
| Deutsch | Wasserfall, Katarakt |
| Italiano | cascata, rapida |
| Ελληνικά | καταρράκτης katarráktis |
| Română | cascadă, cădere de apă |
| Русский | водопа́д vodopád |
| Tiếng Việt | thác nước, thác |
| العربية | شَلَّال šallāl |
| עברית | מַפַּל מַיִם mapál máyim |
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title = {waterfall},
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