About The Word Rift
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Rift
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What's The Definition Of Rift?
[n] a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
[n] a narrow fissure in rock [n] a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rift: breach | break | falling out | rupture | severance Related Terms | Find terms related to Rift: See Also | breakup | cleft | crack | crevice | detachment | fissure | gap | opening | scissure | separation Rift In Webster's Dictionary \Rift\, obs.
p. p. of {Rive}. --Spenser.
\Rift\, n. [Written also {reft}.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See {Rive}.] 1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. --Spenser. 2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford. \Rift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifting}.] To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. --Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. --Wordsworth. \Rift\, v. i. 1. To burst open; to split. --Shak. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. --Bacon. 2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] |
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