waterfall
noun
- place where water flows over a steep or vertical drop
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ / /ˈwoːtəfoːl/ / /ˈwɔtɚfɔl/
name
Etymology: See waterfall.
- A stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring wooden surfaces and curved edges prominently in its design.
- A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
- A barangay of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
- A barangay of Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
- A barangay of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
- A barangay of Sulop, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
- A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
noun
Etymology: 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”).
- 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”
- A waterfall-like outpouring of liquid, smoke, etc.
“A waterfall of mist came from the open freezer.”
- Short for waterfall model
“A very long project […] had taken a whole group of people through a painful waterfall development process.”
- 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?”
- A necktie.
- A chignon (hairstyle).
- A beard.
“I found home a dreary place after my long absence; for half the children I had known were now wearing whiskers or waterfalls, […]”
- A kind of handstand with chin tucked and back arched.
verb
Etymology: 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”).
- 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.”
- To drink (something) from a container by pouring it from a height so as not to touch one's lips to the rim.
- Synonym of recycle.