Waterfall
['wɔːtəfɔːl] or ['wɔtɚfɔl]
Definition
(n.) A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.
(n.) An arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.
(n.) A certain kind of neck scarf.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cataract, cascade, fall.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a waterfall, foretells that you will secure your wildest desire, and fortune will be exceedingly favorable to your progress.
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Examples
- You will find him at Dunkeld; gentle and tractable he wanders up the hills, and through the wood, or sits listening beside the waterfall. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The most tremendous waterfall in our country is Niagara Falls, which every minute hurls millions of gallons of water down a 163-foot precipice. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Like a shimmering waterfall turned to burnished metal by a dying sun it fell about her oval face; in waving lines, below her waist it tumbled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A waterfall, or a rapid stream, is a great asset to any community, and for this reason should be carefully guarded. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To all the coal-fields and all the waterfalls Faraday had directly hitched the wheels of industry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The application of the power of waterfalls to the generation of electricity is rapidly extending, and promises to become a great source of mechanical power in the future. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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