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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rift /rɪft/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a narrow crack, hole, or fissure.
- a break in friendly relations:The incident created a rift that will take years to repair.
- Geologya fault.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rift (rift),USA pronunciation n. - an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.;
fissure;
cleft;
chink. - an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass, or a clear interval.
- a break in friendly relations:a rift between two people; a rift between two nations.
- a difference in opinion, belief, or interest that causes such a break in friendly relations.
- Geology
- a fault.
- a graben of regional extent.
- Buildingthe plane or direction along which a log or mass of granite can most easily be split.
- Buildingwood or a piece of wood that has been split radially from a log.
v.t., v.i. - to burst open;
split.
- Old Norse ript breaking of an agreement (compare Danish, Norwegian rift cleavage), derivative of rīfa to tear (cognate with rive)
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged breach, rupture, estrangement, falling-out.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rift /rɪft/ n - a gap or space made by cleaving or splitting; fissure
- a long narrow zone of faulting resulting from tensional stress in the earth's crust
- a gap between two cloud masses; break or chink
- a break in friendly relations between people, nations, etc
vb - to burst or cause to burst open; split
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse; related to Danish rift cleft, Icelandic ript breach of contract |