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1. (n.) cleft
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
2. cleft
a division formed by cleaving.
3. cleft
a hollow area or indentation:
a chin with a cleft.
4. (adj.) cleft
cloven; split; divided.
5. cleft
(of plant parts, as a leaf) having divisions that extend more than halfway to the midrib or base.
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| Definition of 'cleft' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cleft
a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
2. (adj) crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
a long narrow opening
3. (adj) cleft, dissected
having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
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| Definition of 'cleft' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cleft
divided; split; partly divided or split
2. (adj) cleft
incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf
3. (noun) cleft
a space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock
4. (noun) cleft
a piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood
5. (noun) cleft
a disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern
6. cleft
of Cleave
7. cleft
of Cleave
8. cleft
imp. & p. p. from Cleave
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Sense: an opening made by splitting
a cleft in the rocks.
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 Afrikaans: kloof |
 Arabic: شِق،شِق، صَدْع |
 Bulgarian: цепнатина |
 Brazilian: fissura |
 Czech: trhlina, rozsedlina |
 German: die Spalte |
 Danish: kløft; spalte |
 Greek: σχισμή |
 Spanish: hendidura, grieta |
 Estonian: lõhe |
 Farsi: شکاف |
 Finnish: halkeama |
 French: fissure |
 Hebrew: בְקִיע |
 Hindi: दरार |
 Croatian: pukotina, raspuklima |
 Hungarian: szakadék |
 Indonesian: celah |
 Icelandic: sprunga |
 Italian: fenditura |
 Japanese: 裂け目 |
 Korean: 갈라진 틈 |
 Lithuanian: plyšys |
 Latvian: plaisa |
 Malay: rekahan |
 Dutch: spleet |
 Norwegian: kløft, spalte |
 Polish: szczelina |
 Persian: شکاف |
 Pashto: سوراخ |
 Portuguese: fissura |
 Romanian: fisură |
 Russian: расщелина |
 Slovak: trhlina |
 Slovenian: razpoka |
 Serbian: rascep |
 Swedish: klyfta, spricka |
 Thai: รอยแยก |
 Turkish: çatlak, yarık |
 Taiwanese: 裂縫 |
 Ukrainian: тріщина, розколина |
 Urdu: توڑ کر دو ٹکڑے کرنا ، اخت |
 Vietnamese: khe |
 Chinese: 裂缝 |
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