cleft

[ kleft ]

/ klɛft /

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noun

a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.

a division formed by cleaving.

a hollow area or indentation: a chin with a cleft.

Veterinary Pathology. a crack on the bend of the pastern of a horse.

Origin of cleft

1300–50; Middle English clift,Old English (ge)clyft split, cracked; cognate with Old High German, Old Norse kluft; akin to cleave²

SYNONYMS FOR cleft

1 fissure, crevice, crack, rift, cranny, chasm, crevasse.

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Words nearby cleft

cleck, cleek, Cleese, Cleethorpes, clef, cleft, cleft hand, cleft lip, cleft palate, cleft sentence, cleft spine

Definition for cleft (2 of 2)

cleft²

[ kleft ]

/ klɛft /

verb

a simple past tense and past participle of cleave².

adjective

cloven; split; divided.

(of a leaf, corolla, lobe, or other expanded plant part) having divisions formed by incisions or narrow sinuses that extend more than halfway to the midrib or the base.

Origin of cleft

see origin at cleft¹

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Example sentences from the Web for cleft

Like the Korean Peninsula, Illinois is cleft into two parts: Chicagoland and “downstate.”
Romney and Santorum Face Off: 5 Things To Watch For In Illinois|Ben Jacobs|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The trunk or branch is cut off; two cions are inserted in a cleft made with a knife.
The Apple-Tree|L. H. Bailey
In the depths of the shrine is said to be a cleft in the rock, adored as the Yoni of Śakti.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot
He set off toward the nearest button, tilted crazily with its rim in a cleft rock.
The Buttoned Sky|Geoff St. Reynard

Instantly there was a flash as if a fairy wand had cleft the air.
Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book|Edmund Dulac
But from time to time a cleft was formed, and the loosened passions burst forth with violence.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules Jusserand

British Dictionary definitions for cleft

cleft

/ (klɛft) /

verb

the past tense and a past participle of cleave 1

noun

a fissure or crevice

an indentation or split in something, such as the chin, palate, etc

adjective

split; divided

(of leaves) having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

Word Origin for cleft

Old English geclyft (n); related to Old High German kluft tongs, German Kluft gap, fissure; see cleave 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for cleft

cleft

[ klĕft ]

n.

A split or fissure between two parts.

单词	cleft
释义	cleft ¹ [ kleft ] / klɛft / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cleft ON THESAURUS.COM noun a space or opening made by cleavage; a split. a division formed by cleaving. a hollow area or indentation: a chin with a cleft. Veterinary Pathology. a crack on the bend of the pastern of a horse. Origin of cleft ¹ 1300–50; Middle English clift,Old English (ge)clyft split, cracked; cognate with Old High German, Old Norse kluft; akin to cleave² SYNONYMS FOR cleft 1 fissure, crevice, crack, rift, cranny, chasm, crevasse. SEE SYNONYMS FOR cleft ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby cleft cleck, cleek, Cleese, Cleethorpes, clef, cleft, cleft hand, cleft lip, cleft palate, cleft sentence, cleft spine Definition for cleft (2 of 2) cleft² [ kleft ] / klɛft / verb a simple past tense and past participle of cleave². adjective cloven; split; divided. (of a leaf, corolla, lobe, or other expanded plant part) having divisions formed by incisions or narrow sinuses that extend more than halfway to the midrib or the base. Origin of cleft ² see origin at cleft¹ Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cleft Like the Korean Peninsula, Illinois is cleft into two parts: Chicagoland and “downstate.” Romney and Santorum Face Off: 5 Things To Watch For In Illinois\|Ben Jacobs\|March 19, 2012\|DAILY BEAST The trunk or branch is cut off; two cions are inserted in a cleft made with a knife. The Apple-Tree\|L. H. Bailey In the depths of the shrine is said to be a cleft in the rock, adored as the Yoni of Śakti. Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)\|Charles Eliot He set off toward the nearest button, tilted crazily with its rim in a cleft rock. The Buttoned Sky\|Geoff St. Reynard Instantly there was a flash as if a fairy wand had cleft the air. Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book\|Edmund Dulac But from time to time a cleft was formed, and the loosened passions burst forth with violence. A Literary History of the English People\|Jean Jules Jusserand British Dictionary definitions for cleft cleft / (klɛft) / verb the past tense and a past participle of cleave 1 noun a fissure or crevice an indentation or split in something, such as the chin, palate, etc adjective split; divided (of leaves) having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib Word Origin for cleft Old English geclyft (n); related to Old High German kluft tongs, German Kluft gap, fissure; see cleave 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cleft separated, torn, broken, rent, cracked, parted, crenelated, sundered, riven, ruptured, perforated, pierced, cloven, cranny, crevasse, canyon, chasm, fissure, schism, chink Medical definitions for cleft cleft [ klĕft ] n. A split or fissure between two parts. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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cleft

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