cleft

  • 11cleft — see cleave …

    Modern English usage

  • 12cleft — cleft1 [kleft] n. [ME clift < OE * clyft < cleofan: see CLEAVE1] 1. an opening made by or as by cleaving; crack; crevice 2. a hollow between two parts cleft2 [kleft] vi. alt. pt. & pp. of CLEAVE1 …

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  • 13Cleft — A cleft is an opening, fissure, or V shaped indentation Cleft may refer to: Contents 1 Linguistics 2 Anatomy 3 Places …

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  • 14cleft — [[t]kle̱ft[/t]] clefts 1) N COUNT A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it. ...a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for humans to enter. Syn: fissure 2) N COUNT A cleft in someone s chin is a line down the middle of it. 3)… …

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  • 15Cleft — Cleave Cleave (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft), {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle[ o]fan;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16Cleft — Cleave Cleave (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft), {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o] v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle[ o]fan;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 17cleft — A fissure. anal c. SYN: intergluteal c.. branchial clefts a bilateral series of slitlike openings into the pharynx through which water is drawn by aquatic animals; in the walls of the clefts are the vascular gill filaments that …

    Medical dictionary

  • 18cleft — cleft1 [kleft] n [: Old English; Origin: geclyft] 1.) a natural crack in something, especially the surface of rocks or the Earth etc 2.) an area on the chin or lip that goes slightly inwards cleft 2 cleft2 adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: CLEFT3] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19cleft — 1. noun 1) a deep cleft in the rocks Syn: split, slit, crack, fissure, crevice, rift, break, fracture, rent, breach 2) the cleft in his chin Syn: dimple 2. adjective …

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  • 20cleft — I UK [kleft] / US noun [countable] Word forms cleft : singular cleft plural clefts a narrow space in the surface of something, for example in a rock or in someone s chin II UK [kleft] / US adjective divided by a narrow space • be in a cleft stick …

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