| 单词 | cleft |
| 释义 | cleft cleft1 /kleft/, n. 1. a space or opening made by cleavage; a split. 2. a division formed by cleaving. 3. a hollow area or indentation: a chin with a cleft. 4. Vet. Pathol. a crack on the bend of the pastern of a horse. [1300-50; ME clift, OE (ge)clyft split, cracked; c. OHG, ON kluft; akin to CLEAVE2] Syn. 1. fissure, crevice, crack, rift, cranny, chasm, crevasse. cleft2 /kleft/, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of cleave2. adj. 2. cloven; split; divided. 3. (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. [see CLEFT1] |
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