rift

  • 11rift — rift; rift·er; rift·less; …

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  • 12rift — rift1 [rift] n. [ME < Dan, fissure < rive, to tear < ON rifa: see RIVE] 1. an opening caused by or as if by splitting; cleft; fissure 2. an open break in a previously friendly relationship 3. Geol. a large fault along which movement was… …

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  • 13Rift — Rift, obs. p. p. of {Rive}. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Rift — Rift, v. i. 1. To burst open; to split. Shak. [1913 Webster] Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15rift — [n1] break, crack breach, chink, cleavage, cleft, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, hiatus, interruption, interval, opening, parting, rent, rima, rime, space, split; concept 513 Ant. closing, closure rift [n2] difference of… …

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  • 16rift — sb., en, er, erne (lille revne; efterspørgsel); der er rift om dem …

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  • 17rift — I (disagreement) noun argument, break, clash, contention, controversy, difference, disceptation, dispute, estrangement, fight, misunderstanding, parting, split, variance II (gap) noun aperture, breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny,… …

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  • 18rift — n *breach, break, split, schism, rent, rupture Analogous words: *crack, cleft, fissure: gap, interval, hiatus, interruption (see BREAK): separation, division (see corresponding verbs at SEPARATE) …

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  • 19rift — ► NOUN 1) a crack, split, or break. 2) a serious break in friendly relations. ORIGIN Scandinavian …

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  • 20Rift — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rift (homonymie). Un rift Un rift est une région où la croûte terrestre s’amincit. En surface, un rift forme un fossé d effon …

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