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rift ¹  (rft)

n.

1. A narrow fissure in rock.

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

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  (rft)

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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rift¹

n

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

2. (Earth Sciences / 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

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

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rift²

n US

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

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

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

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rift  (rft)

1. A continental rift.

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

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.

Translations

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

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

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rift

n rift [rift]

1 a split or crack. skeur, kraak شِق пукнатина trhlina, prasklina kløft die Spalte ρωγμή, σχισμή hendedura, grieta lõhe ترک یا شکاف särö fissure קֶרַע दरार raspuklina, prolom repedés keretakan sprunga, skora fessura, fenditura 裂け目 찢어진(갈라진, 깨진) 틈 plyšys plaisa; sprauga retak kloof revne, sprekk szpara 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 rozpor uoverensstemmelse die Meinungsverschiedenheit ρήξη μεταξύ φίλων ruptura lahkheli جدایی؛ اختلاف välirikko désaccord קֶרַע अनबन raskid, jaz törés (barátságban) pertikaian ósætti, sundrung contrasto, divergenza 不和 의견 차이 nesutarimas nesaskaņas perpecahan pendapat onenigheid kløft, splid różnica zdań desacordo ne­în­ţe­le­gere разлад rozpor nesporazum raskol fnurra på tråden ความแตกแยก anlaşmazlık, sürtüşme 朋友間的裂痕 розрив اختلاف mối bất đồng 不和