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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cleft1 /klɛft/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a space or opening made by cleavage;
a split:a cleft in the rock formations. - a hollow area or indentation: a cleft in her chin.
cleft2 /klɛft/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of cleave2.
adj. - Zoologycloven;
split;
divided.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cleft1 (kleft),USA pronunciation n. - 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 Diseasesa crack on the bend of the pastern of a horse.
- 1300–50; Middle English clift, Old English (ge)clyft split, cracked; cognate with Old High German, Old Norse kluft; akin to cleave2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fissure, crevice, crack, rift, cranny, chasm, crevasse.
cleft2 (kleft),USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of cleave 2.
adj. - Zoologycloven;
split;
divided. - Botany(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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cleft /klɛft/ vb - the past tense and a past participle of cleave1
n - a fissure or crevice
- an indentation or split in something, such as the chin, palate, etc
adj - split; divided
Etymology: Old English geclyft (n); related to Old High German kluft tongs, German Kluft gap, fissure; see cleave1 |