About The Word Cleft
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Cleft
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What's The Definition Of Cleft?
[n] a long narrow opening
[n] a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) [adj] having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib [adj] used of hooves Synonyms | Synonyms for Cleft: bisulcate | cloven | compound | crack | crevice | dissected | divided | fissure | scissure Related Terms | Find terms related to Cleft: abysm | abyss | alienation | aperture | arroyo | bifurcated | bisected | blaze | box canyon | branched | branching | breach | breach of friendship | break | breakage | broaching | burst | canyon | cavity | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chinky | chip | clearing | cleavage | cleuch | clough | clove | cloven | col | coulee | couloir | crack | cracked | cranny | crena | crevasse | crevice | cut | cwm | defile | dehiscent | dell | depression | dichotomous | dike | dimidiate | disaffection | disclosure | disfavor | disruption | disunion | disunity | ditch | divergence | divided | dividedness | division | donga | draw | estrangement | excavation | falling-out | fault | fenestra | fissure | fissured | fissury | fistula | flaw | flume | fontanel | foramen | forked | forking | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gaping | gappy | gash | gat | gorge | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | hack | halved | hiatus | hole | hollow | in pieces | in shreds | incision | indentation | inlet | interval | jag | jog | joggle | joint | kerf | kloof | lacerate | lacerated | lacuna | laying open | leak | mangled | moat | mutilated | nick | nock | notch | nullah | open rupture | opening | opening up | orifice | outlet | pass | passage | passageway | pore | quartered | ragged | ramified | ravine | recall of ambassadors | rent | rift | rime | rimose | rimulose | rip | riven | rupture | scale | schism | scissure | score | scotch | seam | separation | severed | shredded | slash | slice | slit | slot | space | splinter | splintered | split | stoma | tattered | tear | throwing open | torn | trench | uncorking | unstopping | valley | void | wadi | yawn See Also | break | chap | chink | crater | crevasse | fatigue crack | fault | fracture | gap | geological fault | indentation | indenture | opening | rift | shift | slit | split | vent | volcanic crater | volcano Cleft In Webster's Dictionary \Cleft\ (kl[e^]ft),
imp. & p. p. from {Cleave}.
\Cleft\, a. 1. Divided; split; partly divided or split. 2. (Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf. \Cleft\, n. [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl["o]ft, G. kluft. See {Cleave} to split and cf. 2d {Clift}, 1st {Clough}.] 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. --Is. ii. 21. 2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood. 3. (Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. {Branchial clefts}. See under {Branchial}. Syn: Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny. |
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