cleft

cleft  (klft)

v.

A past tense and a past participle of cleave¹.

adj.

1. Divided; split.

2. Botany Having indentations that extend about halfway to the center, as in certain leaves.

n.

1. A crack, crevice, or split.

2. A split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin.

---

[Middle English, past participle of cleven, to split; see cleave¹. N., from Middle English, alteration (influenced by cleft) of clift, from Old English geclyft; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots.]

---

cleft [klɛft]

vb

the past tense and a past participle of cleave¹

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a fissure or crevice

2. an indentation or split in something, such as the chin, palate, etc.

adj

1. split; divided

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of leaves) having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

[Old English geclyft (n); related to Old High German kluft tongs, German Kluft gap, fissure; see cleave¹]

---

Cleft a group of stars [modern].

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cleft - a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) indentation, indenture - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
	2.	cleft - a long narrow opening                 crack, scissure, crevice, fissure chap - a crack in a lip caused usually by cold chink - a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall crevasse - a deep fissure fatigue crack - a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" rift - a narrow fissure in rock slit - a narrow fissure split - a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" volcano, vent - a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Adj.	1.	cleft - having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib dissected compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"

---

cleft

noun

opening, break, crack, gap, rent, breach, fracture, rift, chink, crevice, fissure, cranny a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for a human to squeeze through

adjective

split, separated, torn, rent, ruptured, cloven, riven, sundered, parted The cleft rock face seemed to move in the static noonday light.

Translations

cleft [kleft]

A. PT & PP of cleave ¹

B. ADJ cleft chin → barbilla f partida
to be in a cleft stick → estar entre la espada y la pared

C. N (in rock) → grieta f, hendidura f; (in chin) → partición f

D. CPD cleft palate N (Med) → fisura f del paladar

---

cleft [ˈklɛft]

n (in rock) → crevasse f, fissure f

adj
to be in a cleft stick (British) → être dans une impasse
cleft palate n → palais m fendu

---

cleft pret, ptp of cleave¹

adj → gespalten; a cleft chin → ein Kinn nt → mit Grübchen; to be in a cleft stick → in der Klemme sitzen (inf)

n → Spalte f, → Kluft f (geh); (in chin) → Grübchen nt; (in forehead) → Senkrecht- or Skeptikerfalte f; (fig) → Spaltung f, → Kluft f

---

cleft:

cleft lip

n → Hasenscharte f

cleft palate

n → Gaumenspalte f, → Wolfsrachen m

---

cleft [klɛft]

1. pt, pp of cleave

2. n (in rock) → crepa, fenditura

---

cleft [klɛft]

1. pt, pp of cleave

2. n (in rock) → crepa, fenditura

---

cleft

n cleft [kleft]

an opening made by splitting a cleft in the rocks. kloof شِق،شِق، صَدْع цепнатина trhlina, rozsedlina kløft; spalte die Spalte σχισμή hendidura, grieta lõhe شکاف halkeama fissure בְקִיע दरार pukotina, raspuklima szakadék celah sprunga fenditura 裂け目 갈라진 틈 plyšys plaisa rekahan spleet kløft, spalte szczelina fissura fisură расщелина trhlina razpoka rascep klyfta, spricka รอยแยก çatlak, yarık 裂縫 тріщина, розколина توڑ کر دو ٹکڑے کرنا ، اختلاف khe 裂缝