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 Definitions of RIFT  [ɪft]  

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Definition of 'RIFT' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rift
a fissure; cleft.

2.  rift
an open space or clear interval.

3.  rift
a break in friendly relations.

4.  rift
a cause of a break in friendly relations.

5.  rift
Geol.

6.  rift
a fault.

7. (v.i.) rift
to burst open; split.

Etymology:  (1890–95)

Definition of 'RIFT' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rift
a gap between cloud masses
"the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"

2. (noun) rift
a narrow fissure in rock

3. (noun) rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"


Definition of 'RIFT' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) RIFT
an opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure

2. (noun) RIFT
a shallow place in a stream; a ford

3.  RIFT
p. p. of Rive

4. (verb) RIFT
to cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds

5. (verb) RIFT
to burst open; to split

6. (verb) RIFT
to belch


Translation of 'RIFT' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a split or crack.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skeur, kraak Arabic flag Arabic: شِق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пукнатина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: racha Czech flag Czech: trhlina, prasklina German flag German: die Spalte
Danish flag Danish: kløft Greek flag Greek: ρωγμή, σχισμή Spanish flag Spanish: hendedura, grieta
Estonian flag Estonian: lõhe Farsi flag Farsi: ترک یا شکاف Finnish flag Finnish: särö
French flag French: fissure Hebrew flag Hebrew: קֶרַע Hindi flag Hindi: दरार
Croatian flag Croatian: raspuklina, prolom Hungarian flag Hungarian: repedés Indonesian flag Indonesian: keretakan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sprunga, skora Italian flag Italian: fessura, fenditura Japanese flag Japanese: 裂け目
Korean flag Korean: 찢어진(갈라진, 깨진) 틈 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: plyšys Latvian flag Latvian: plaisa; sprauga
Malay flag Malay: retak Dutch flag Dutch: kloof Norwegian flag Norwegian: revne, sprekk
Polish flag Polish: szpara Persian flag Persian: ترک یا شکاف Pashto flag Pashto: چاك ، چاود، درز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: racha Romanian flag Romanian: crăpătură Russian flag Russian: трещина
Slovak flag Slovak: trhlina, prasklina Slovenian flag Slovenian: razpoka Serbian flag Serbian: pukotina
Swedish flag Swedish: spricka, reva Thai flag Thai: ความแตกร้าว Turkish flag Turkish: çatlak, yarık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 裂縫 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тріщина; розколина Urdu flag Urdu: دراڑ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đường nứt Chinese flag Chinese: 裂缝

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