Precipice
11precipice — [[t]pre̱sɪpɪs[/t]] precipices 1) N COUNT A precipice is a very steep cliff on a mountain. 2) N COUNT If you say that someone is on the edge of a precipice, you mean that they are in a dangerous situation in which they are extremely close to… …
12precipice — UK [ˈpresəpɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms precipice : singular precipice plural precipices 1) a very steep high cliff 2) a very dangerous situation The country sat at the edge of a financial precipice …
13precipice — noun a) A very steep cliff. I resolved to remove my tent from the place where it stood, which was just under the hanging precipice of the hill; and which, if it should be shaken again, would certainly fall upon my tent... b) The brink of a… …
14precipice — pre|ci|pice [ˈpresıpıs] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin praecipitium, from praeceps headfirst , from caput head ] 1.) a very steep side of a high rock, mountain or cliff ▪ A loose rock tumbled over the precipice. 2.) a dangerous… …
15precipice — [16] The etymological notion underlying precipice is of falling ‘headlong’. It comes via French précipice from Latin praecipitium ‘headlong fall, steep place’. This was derived from praecipitāre ‘throw headlong’ (source of English precipitate… …
16precipice — [16] The etymological notion underlying precipice is of falling ‘headlong’. It comes via French précipice from Latin praecipitium ‘headlong fall, steep place’. This was derived from praecipitāre ‘throw headlong’ (source of English precipitate… …
17precipice — precipiced, adj. /pres euh pis/, n. 1. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face. 2. a situation of great peril: on the precipice of war. [1590 1600; < MF < L praecipitium steep place, equiv. to praecipit (s. of praeceps)… …
18precipice — prec|i|pice [ presəpıs ] noun count 1. ) a very steep high cliff 2. ) a very dangerous situation: The country sat at the edge of a financial precipice …
19precipice n — If a centipede a bucketful, how much would a precipice? A sheer drop …
20precipice — noun a tall and very steep rock face or cliff. Origin C16 (denoting a headlong fall): from Fr. précipice or L. praecipitium abrupt descent , from praeceps, praecip(it) steep, headlong …
