waterfall
nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈwɔːtəfɔːl//
- Australie//ˈwoːtəfoːl//
- Écosse//ˈwɔtəɾfɔl//
- //ˈwɔtɚfɔl//
- //ˈwɑtɚfɑl//
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
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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
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figuréA waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
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A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.
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argotThe 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?
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vieilliA necktie.
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vieilliA chignon (hairstyle).
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vieilliA beard.
I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]
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A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
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Variante de waterfall modelShort for waterfall model
A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
Étymologie
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”).
verbe
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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.
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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.
Formes
- pluriel
- waterfalls
- passé
- waterfalled
- participe passé
- waterfalled
- participe présent
- waterfalling
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- waterfalls
waterfall · A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
Waterfall · A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.waterfront · The land alongside a body of water.watering · An act of watering, that is, pouring water on something, or…