rift

rift ¹

 (rĭft)

n.

1. A fissure, crack, or opening, as in rock.

2. A break in friendly relations: a rift between siblings.

3. Geology An area where the lithosphere is thinning, typically associated with large faults and grabens.

v. rift·ed, rift·ing, rifts

v.intr.

To split open; break.

v.tr.

To cause to split open or break.

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[Middle English, of Scandinavian origin.]

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rift ²

 (rĭft)

n.

1. A shallow area in a waterway.

2. The backwash of a wave that has broken upon a beach.

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[Probably alteration of dialectal riff, reef, from Dutch rif, riffe; see reef¹.]

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rift

(rɪft)

n

1. a gap or space made by cleaving or splitting; fissure

2. (Geological Science) geology a long narrow zone of faulting resulting from tensional stress in the earth's crust

3. a gap between two cloud masses; break or chink: he saw the sun through a rift in the clouds.

4. a break in friendly relations between people, nations, etc

vb

to burst or cause to burst open; split

[C13: from Old Norse; related to Danish rift cleft, Icelandic ript breach of contract]

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rift

(rɪft)

n

1. (Physical Geography) a shallow or rocky part in a stream

2. (Physical Geography) the backwash from a wave that has just broken

[C14: from Old Norse rypta; related to Icelandic ropa to belch]

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rift

(rɪft)

n.

1. a fissure; cleft.

2. an open space or clear interval.

3. a break in friendly relations.

4. a cause of a break in friendly relations.

5. Geol. a fault.

v.t., v.i.

6. to burst open; split.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old Norse ript breaking of an agreement (compare Dan, Norwegian rift cleavage)]

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rift

(rĭft)

1. A fault along the border of a rift valley.

2. A narrow break, crack, or other opening in a rock, usually made by cracking or splitting.

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rift

Past participle: rifted
Gerund: rifting

Imperative

rift

rift

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rift - a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds" 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"
	2.	rift - a narrow fissure in rock crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening
	3.	rift - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" falling out, severance, rupture, breach, break schism - the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences breakup, separation, detachment - coming apart

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rift

noun

1. breach, difference, division, split, separation, falling out (informal), disagreement, quarrel, alienation, schism, estrangement They hope to heal the rift with their father.

2. split, opening, space, crack, gap, break, fault, breach, fracture, flaw, cleavage, cleft, chink, crevice, fissure, cranny In the open bog are many rifts and potholes.

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rift

noun

1. A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture:

break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, split.

2. An interruption in friendly relations:

alienation, breach, break, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rent, rupture, schism, split.

verb

To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain:

break, fracture, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, sunder.

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Translations

تَصَدُّعشِق

prasklinarozportrhlina

kløftuoverensstemmelse

BruchMeinungsverschiedenheitScharteSpalte

ρήγμα

dorsalefissurerift

törés

ósætti, sundrungsprunga, skora

spaccaturasquarcio

nesaskaņasplaisasprauga

рифт

anlaşmazlıkçatlaksürtüşmeyarık

不和分裂裂缝

rift

[rɪft] N

1. (= fissure) → grieta f, fisura f; (in clouds) → claro m

2. (fig) → ruptura f, desavenencia f; (in relations etc) → grieta f; (in political party) → escisión f, cisma m

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rift

[ˈrɪft] n

(in ground, rock) → fente f

(= disagreement) → désaccord m (= serious division) → dissension f
the rift between the government and the trade unions → le désaccord entre le gouvernement et les syndicats
the rifts within the country → les dissensions au sein du pays

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rift

n

→ Spalt m

(fig: in friendship) → Riss m; (Pol) → Spalt m, → Riss m

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rift

:

rift saw

n (Tech) → Gattersäge f

rift valley

n → Grabenbruch m

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rift

[rɪft] n (in family, between friends) → incrinatura (Pol) (in party) → spaccatura; (in rock, ground) → crepa, fessura; (in clouds) → squarcio

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rift

(rift) noun

1. a split or crack. skeur, kraak شِق пукнатина racha trhlina, prasklina die Spalte kløft ρωγμή, σχισμήhendedura, grieta lõhe ترک یا شکاف särö fissureקרע दरार raspuklina, prolom repedés keretakan sprunga, skora fessura, fenditura 裂け目 찢어진(갈라진, 깨진) 틈 plyšys plaisa; sprauga retak kloofrevne, sprekkszpara چاك ، چاود، درز racha crăpătură трещина trhlina, prasklina razpoka pukotina spricka, reva ความแตกร้าว çatlak, yarık 裂縫 тріщина; розколина دراڑ đường nứt 裂缝

2. a disagreement between friends. onenigheid تَصَدُّع спор desacordo rozpor die Meinungsverschiedenheit uoverensstemmelse ρήξη μεταξύ φίλων ruptura lahkheli جدایی؛ اختلاف välirikko désaccordקרע अनबन raskid, jaz törés (barátságban) pertikaian ósætti, sundrung contrasto, divergenza 不和 의견 차이 nesutarimas nesaskaņas perpecahan pendapat onenigheidkløft, splid różnica zdań درز desacordo ne­în­ţe­le­gere разлад rozpor nesporazum raskol fnurra på tråden ความแตกแยก anlaşmazlık, sürtüşme 朋友間的裂痕 розрив اختلاف mối bất đồng 分裂，不和

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