gen. A space made by cleaving, splitting, or separation of parts; a split, fissure, crack, crevice.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > [noun] > a division formed by cleaving (13) cleftc1374 gen. A space made by cleaving, splitting, or separation of parts; a split, fissure, crack, crevice. cleavingc1400 concrete. A cleft, fissure; parting of the limbs (cf. cleft, n. 2). scissure?a1425 gen. A cleft or opening made by cutting or separation of parts; a rent, a fissure. Also figurative. clefture1540 State of being cleft; concrete a cleft, fissure. hag1568 Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). A notch or cut made by a rough, heavy blow, as with an axe. scission1578 The action of undergoing division; an instance of this. Also: a rent, a fissure. Now rare. clovec1593 A cleft or split. split1598 A narrow break or opening made by splitting; a cleft, crack, rent, or chink; a fissure. cliff1605 spec. Such a high steep rock face on a seashore or (occasionally) overhanging a lake or river. fissure1609 A cleft or opening (usually rather long and narrow) made by splitting, cleaving, or separation of parts; ‘a narrow chasm where a breach has been… dispartment1672 A parting asunder; concrete a parting, cleft, or opening caused by separation. cleave1874 A cleft. split1875 A division formed by splitting. |
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