waterfall

SubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt

Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈwɔːtəfɔːl//
Australien//ˈwoːtəfoːl//
Schottland//ˈwɔtəɾfɔl//
//ˈwɔtɚfɔl//
//ˈwɑtɚfɑl//

A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

Substantiv

1
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
2
übertragenA waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
3
A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
4
SlangThe 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?
5
veraltendA necktie.
6
veraltendA chignon (hairstyle).
7
veraltendA beard.
I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]
8
A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
9
Variante von waterfall modelShort for waterfall model
A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

Herkunft

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”).

Verb

1
To fall like a waterfall.
Rain ran off the bill of his fielder's cap and waterfalled in front of his face.
Zondra, whose dirty-blond hair waterfalled above her head from a colorful tie, gave a snorting, horsey kind of laugh.
they turned into the drive of The Manor with its red-brick front and the wonderful cloak of Virginia creeper waterfalling down between the windows.
2
To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
3
Synonym of recycle.

Formen

Plural: waterfalls
Präteritum: waterfalled
Partizip II: waterfalled
Partizip I: waterfalling
3. Person Singular: waterfalls

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waterfall · A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

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