a landslip.

An earth-slip, a landslip, an avalanche; a place on a hillside, etc., where this has happened.

The sliding down of a mass of land on a mountain or cliff side; land which has so fallen. Also figurative and attributive.

The digging of a pit or pits; the result of such activity. Also: the natural formation of a pit or pits through subsidence of the soil.

(a) a cascade in a river over rocks; (b) the descent of loose rocks; a mass of fallen rock.

A detachment and falling away or tumbling down (as of part of a cliff); a landslip.

The sliding down or subsidence of a large mass of earth, rock, etc.; a landslip; esp. a collapse of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff. Also figur…

A sudden spontaneous flow of sand, earth, or other material in a mine or other working; a slip, a slide.

a landslide occurring on a mountainside.

The slipping or subsiding of a mass of earth, etc., from a higher level; the quantity of earth which has thus fallen; = landslip, n.

(See quots.)

A landslip of mud.

The action of founder, v.; a landslip.

Geology. (Cf. 3.) A slow, imperceptible movement en masse of soil, talus, etc., usually downhill under the influence of gravity but frequently with…

the slow creeping or sliding movement of surface-soil down a slope.

the gradual downhill movement of rock masses, boulders, etc., under the influence of gravity; cf. creep, n. 6a.

transferred. Geomorphology. A landslide in which soil, sediment, or the like slides a short distance with some degree of cohesion and usually a…

The gradual movement of waterlogged soil or other surface material down a slope, esp. where the subsoil is frozen and acts as a barrier to the…

The fall of soil, sediment, or the like in a slump (slump, n.2 2b).

the downhill movement of soil or rock under the action of gravity assisted by running water not confined to a channel.

= solifluction, n.

gradual movement of rock, soil, fallen snow, etc., under the influence of gravity.