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.

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[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.]

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cleft

Noun

1. a narrow opening in a rock

2. an indentation or split

Adjective

in a cleft stick in a very difficult position

Verb

a past of cleave¹

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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"

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cleft

noun opening, break, crack, gap, rent, breach, fracture, rift, chink, crevice, fissure, cranny

Translations

cleft [klɛft] n (in rock) → grieta, hendedura

cleft [klɛft] n (in rock) → crevasse f, fissure f

cleft [klɛft] n → Spalte f

cleft [klɛft] n (in rock) → crepa, fenditura

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cleft

n cleft [kleft]

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