noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a coast/coastal/cliff path
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From the cliff path, you get superb views out to sea.
cliff top/mountaintop/hilltop/treetop
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We could just see the white cliff tops in the distance.
vertical cliff/climb/drop etc (= one that is very high or steep )
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a gorge lined with vertical cliffs
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dramatic
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Standing on these dramatic cliffs , the legends of the area seem quite plausible.
high
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The coastguard duties included patrolling paths at the top of high and sheer cliffs - not a job for the faint-hearted.
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The researchers were steering the tiny sub along sheer, high cliffs , the ridges that fence in the central ridge valley.
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You're standing on a high cliff , chopped off and adumbrated by the heaving green of the sea.
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Selvagem Grande is a plateau from which 100m high cliffs plunge into the sea.
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It is close to high cliffs where leopards live and it is surrounded by trees, which make cattle-ambush easy.
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From its central position perched high on the cliffs , it offers a breathtaking view across the Bay of Naples.
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It speaks to me, his coat, of high cliffs and low pavement and black December skies.
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She was high on the cliff , here, and the ledge was close to the darkening sky.
low
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And the low cliffs , covered in gum trees, were a pleasure to behold.
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Beyond the pine, and a little lower on the cliff , a dozen or so bushes grew from a wide fissure.
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The road, which was narrow, was separated from a low cliff by a stretch of rough grass.
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The track doesn't go on to the shore, but goes along the top of some low cliffs above the beach.
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The low cliffs were the key to the puzzle: we had been searching too far north.
rocky
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High rocky cliffs pitted with little sandy coves melt away into long stretches of silvery beach.
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Souls straight out of Hieronymus Bosch tumble down rocky cliffs to their doom.
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Seapinks and samphire grow on the rocky cliffs .
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Not a waterside bird, frequenting dry country and nesting on rocky cliffs and stream banks, sometimes on ruined buildings.
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All around rolled wild heather-moors, overhung by rocky cliffs .
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It was perched on a rocky cliff overlooking a stone path to the sea some 40 feet below.
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This Grade 2 Listed Building is set in a rocky cliff face pointing out to sea a little way along the foreshore.
sheer
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The coastguard duties included patrolling paths at the top of high and sheer cliffs - not a job for the faint-hearted.
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The fourth side of the clearing was sheer cliff drop, attended by a barrier of split rails.
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Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river.
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But the top of Kino Peak is guarded by sheer cliffs on all sides.
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It is a sheer basalt rock cliff on which thousands of razor bills, guillemots, kittiwakes, shags and fulmars nest.
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Behind the narrow sandy beach stands a sheer cliff of coral rock, seventy feet high.
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Walls of red brick rose up on his left like sheer cliffs .
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He'd mounted, turned the animal in a circle, gazing up at the sheer , wet cliffs .
steep
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Finally the sea encroached on this topography producing steep cliffs , inlets, sea stacks and sandy or shingly beach deposits.
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Where the coast has deep water offshore a fall in base level means the formation of a vertical or very steep cliff .
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Without mountain ranges, steep cliffs or rough and bumpy cross-country routes, there are seldom natural features such as corkscrew bends.
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They occupy a cove with the sea and steep cliffs behind them and a sailing boat anchored to the right.
vertical
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Behind there are vertical cliffs , a dynamic backdrop dwarfing the harbour to insignificance.
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No vertical cliff guards this approach, although about 50 million basalt boulders do.
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At the bottom of the Grand Canyon the oldest rocks of all are exposed in a gorge lined with vertical cliffs .
white
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Then suddenly the white cliffs , a salty tang in the air, a few sheep and a funereal sky.
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Behind it was a small white cliff , the bubble of water.
■ NOUN
edge
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Suddenly the back of the Morris Minor is hanging over the cliff edge .
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Counting his steps, twenty paces in all, he walked to the cliff edge and halted there.
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I took off my rings and jewellery and put them in my handbag then lowered myself over the cliff edge .
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They follow the line of the cliff edge closely and seem curious at the presence of humans.
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It nests on the ground or in caves or cliff edges .
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The fairway, with the cliff edge guarding the right-hand side, forms a bowl to collect the shot.
face
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So beaches or cliff faces are sometimes exposed, and sometimes covered.
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Great cliff faces like you see only in movies.
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Apart from the odd natural cove, jagged cliff faces and outcrops of rock abound.
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The dank and dismal cliff faces were hanging with squabbling bird life.
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A few hundred yards away behind the site is a cliff face , down which a stream tumbles.
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It occurs mostly on sheltered, well-watered cliff faces and damp coastal flats where there is local protection from wind and spray.
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Also visible are the steel cables that had held it to the cliff face .
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Rough hewn steps led up steeply, hugging an almost sheer cliff face .
ledge
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The black cut-out being shaped to suggest a cliff ledge .
limestone
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From Port Eynon the limestone cliffs extend for five or six miles to Worms Head.
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Many feature spectacular limestone cliffs of the sort that rock climbers find irresistible.
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From Flamborough Head northwards there is a stretch of spectacular limestone cliff scenery, reaching its highest point around Bempton.
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Bristol is penetrated by calcium-loving vegetation growing on the limestone cliffs of the Avon Gorge.
path
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If her eyes had been open, she would have seen Zeno heading for the cliff path .
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Brought them down here and then gone off along the cliff path with them.
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I watched you make off along the cliff path , as if you were making for Otters' Bay.
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It wasn't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path .
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Leaving the hotel, Edward tucked her arm through his and held her close as they walked briskly along the cliff path .
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Walks abound, along the coastal and cliff paths and the river, and through local woods.
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That alone would have been worth the scramble round the cliff path .
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North of Kessingland the route follows the cliff path to Pakefield, then on the promenade to Lowestoft.
sea
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The pioneers here were Arthur Westlake Andrews, father of sea cliff climbing, with his sister Ethel.
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The cliff on Ingólfshöfd3i is the only sea cliff for miles.
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A fine position, constant exposure, and some tricky sections ensure it status as one of the greatest sea cliff classics.
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Breeds mainly on sea cliffs or marine islands, more rarely on flat shores and inland.
top
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Eventually I reached the cliff top .
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Finally, helped by a rope suspended from the cliff top , we found ourselves on the central plateau.
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Here, for many miles, lush green, seemingly flat, fields covered the cliff tops .
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In the terrible battle that followed many Dark Elves were driven howling with hatred and fear off the cliff tops .
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Situated on a cliff top above the harbour, the complex also includes the Casino and a luxurious air-conditioned cinema.
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Our path dropped down to the relative calm of the sea shore, edging craggy inlets beneath overhanging cliff tops .
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Puffins zoomed around, skimming the cliff top , wheeling in great circles.
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On the cliff top , marsh orchids, pink and lush, clustered in damp hollows.
■ VERB
climb
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Many people come to make the ascent, some to climb its tremendous cliffs , others merely to look at it.
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Then, after rubbing themselves dry on the bath robe, they dressed and climbed the cliff again.
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So he climbed down the cliffs , undressed on the beach and jumped into the sea.
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In 24 hours, night-time included, we were expected to climb on five different cliffs in three different ranges.
fall
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It was true, it had the feel of truth: the woman hadn't just fallen over a cliff .
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The spring, where seekers poured water over their heads to purify themselves, falls from the cliff below the horns.
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Again he heard the distant crash as it fell over the cliff .
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He believes Ruess probably died in a flash flood or fell off a cliff .
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They are the victims of auto accidents, industrial accidents, falls from cliffs , fires, fights, stabbings, shootings.
jump
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The fine for jumping cliffs at Zion National Park was more than $ 1, 000.
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They then forced two girls to jump over a cliff , after which they fired their guns on them.
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It was like waiting to jump off a cliff - and then, not jumping.
nest
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Vultures nested in the cliffs and circled in slow spirals above the camp.
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Not a waterside bird, frequenting dry country and nesting on rocky cliffs and stream banks, sometimes on ruined buildings.
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House Martins have been recorded nesting on the cliffs occasionally.
perch
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From its central position perched high on the cliffs , it offers a breathtaking view across the Bay of Naples.
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It was perched on a rocky cliff overlooking a stone path to the sea some 40 feet below.
stand
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You're standing on a high cliff , chopped off and adumbrated by the heaving green of the sea.
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From where I stood on the cliff , it must have been close to six hundred feet down.
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Behind the narrow sandy beach stands a sheer cliff of coral rock, seventy feet high.
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We stood on the cliff top to welcome them, swallows and house martins, meadow pipits and skylarks.
walk
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A Cornish Coastal Footpath has been opened to give the public access to walk along the cliffs .
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Counting his steps, twenty paces in all, he walked to the cliff edge and halted there.
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It wasn't the wind that brought tears to my eyes as I turned to walk along the cliff path.
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On this side of the street, where he was walking , was a cliff of elegant apartment houses overlooking the museum.
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Leaving the hotel, Edward tucked her arm through his and held her close as they walked briskly along the cliff path.
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She would go off alone for long walks over the cliffs - something she had never done before in winter.
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Together, with Roman's arm like an iron band round her shoulders, they began to walk , towards the cliffs .
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They walked daily on the cliffs and shore.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He could see cliffs and a distant wash of white.
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He ran off the cliff and leapt into the air.
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If her eyes had been open, she would have seen Zeno heading for the cliff path.
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It has bushy cliffs on both sides that lean like hairy ghosts over the unknown waters.
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Just before he and the camera take a dig over like a thirty foot cliff .
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Maritime cliff Armeria maritima - Ligusticum scoticum maritime rock crevice community.
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So I went across and shot one of the guys and the other chopper landed on the cliff .
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We fell asleep listening to the surf chisel away at the foot of the cliff below.