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clift

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Wiktionary

  1. cliftnoun

    A cliff.

  2. Etymology: Variant form of cliff, influenced by cleft.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cliftnoun

    The same with Cliff,

    Down he tumbled, like an aged tree,
    High growing on the top of rocky clift. Edmund Spenser, Fairy Queen.

  2. Cliftnoun

    The same with Cliff,

    Down he tumbled, like an aged tree,
    High growing on the top of rocky clift. Edmund Spenser, Fairy Queen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cliftnoun

    a cliff

  2. Cliftnoun

    a cleft of crack; a narrow opening

  3. Cliftnoun

    the fork of the legs; the crotch

  4. Etymology: [See Cleft, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Clift

    klift, n. same as Cliff, the form arising under the influence of Cleft.—adjs. Clift′ed, Clift′y, broken into cliffs.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CLIFT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Clift is ranked #7789 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Clift surname appeared 4,256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Clift.

    91.2% or 3,882 total occurrences were White.
    3.1% or 133 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.7% or 116 total occurrences were Black.
    1.5% or 65 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 33 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 27 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clift in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clift in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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    the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
    A nuisance
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