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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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rift

Noun

1. a break in friendly relations between people or groups of people

2. a gap or space made by splitting [Old Norse]

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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

noun 2. split, opening, space, crack, gap, break, fault, breach, fracture, flaw, cleavage, cleft, chink, crevice, fissure, cranny

Translations

rift [rɪft] n (fig) (between friends) → desavenencia: (in party) → escisión f

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rift [rɪft] n → fente f, fissure f (fig) (= disagreement); désaccord m

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rift [rɪft] n → Spalt m (fig); Kluft f

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rift [rɪft] n → fessura, crepatura;

(fig) (= disagreement); incrinatura

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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 halkeama fissure קֶרַע दरार raspuklina, prolom repedés keretakan sprunga, skora fessura, fenditura 裂け目 갈라진 틈; 단층 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 särö désaccord קֶרַע अनबन raskid, jaz törés (barátságban) pertikaian ósætti, sundrung contrasto, divergenza 不和 불화 nesutarimas nesaskaņas perpecahan pendapat onenigheid kløft, splid różnica zdań desacordo ne­în­ţe­le­gere разлад rozpor nesporazum raskol fnurra på tråden ความแตกแยก anlaşmazlık, sürtüşme 不和 розрив اختلاف mối bất đồng 不和