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waterfall

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  • Regno Unito//ˈwɔːtəfɔːl//
  • Australia//ˈwoːtəfoːl//
  • Scozia//ˈwɔtəɾfɔl//
  • //ˈwɔtɚfɔl//
  • //ˈwɑtɚfɑl//

A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

sostantivo

  1. 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. 2

    figuratoA waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.

    A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.

  3. 3

    A chart depicting the timing and duration of network requests.

  4. 4

    gergoThe 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. 5

    desuetoA necktie.

  6. 6

    desuetoA chignon (hairstyle).

  7. 7

    desuetoA 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. 8

    A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.

  9. 9

    Variante di waterfall modelShort for waterfall model

    A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.

Etimologia

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”).

verbo

  1. 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. 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. 3

    Synonym of recycle.

Forme

plurale
waterfalls
passato
waterfalled
participio passato
waterfalled
participio presente
waterfalling
3ª persona singolare
waterfalls
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