waterfall

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

waterfalls

1.
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
Đồng nghĩa: cataract, cascade, falls, force, foss, forcefall, sault, catadupe
2.
(figuratively)A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.
3.
(abbreviation, alt of)(software engineering) Short for waterfall model
A very long duration project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.
4.
(US, slang)The 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.
(colloquial, dated)A necktie.
6.
(colloquial, dated)A chignon (hairstyle).
7.
(colloquial, dated)A beard.
8.
(gymnastics) A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

waterfalls

V_ing/Gerund

waterfalling

V_ed/pp

waterfalled

1.
(intransitive)To fall like a waterfall.
2.
(transitive)To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
3.
(roller derby) Synonym of recycle.
Đồng nghĩa: recycle

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (waterfall), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with wetterfal waterfall, waterval waterfall, Wasserfall waterfall, vattenfall waterfall.