What does Cleft mean?
Definitions for Cleft
klɛftcleft
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Princeton's WordNet
cleftnoun
a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissureadjective
a long narrow opening
cleft, dissectedadjective
having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
Wiktionary
cleftnoun
an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Cleftnoun
Etymology: from cleave.
The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 101.
The extremity of this cape has a long cleft in it, which was enlarged and cut into shape by Agrippa, who made this the great port for the Roman fleet. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
The rest of it, being more gross and ponderous, does not move far; but lodges in the clefts, craggs, and sides of the rocks, near the bottoms of them. John Woodward, Nat. History.
His horse it is the heralds weft;
No, ’tis a mare, and hath a cleft. Ben Jonson, Under-woods.Cleftpart. pass.
Divided; parted asunder.
Etymology: from cleave.
Fat, with incense strew’d,
On the cleft wood. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi. l. 440.I never did on cleft Parnassus dream,
Nor taste the sacred Heliconian stream. John Dryden, Perseus.
Webster Dictionary
Cleft
of Cleave
Cleft
of Cleave
Cleft
imp. & p. p. from Cleave
Cleftadjective
divided; split; partly divided or split
Cleftadjective
incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf
Cleftnoun
a space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock
Cleftnoun
a piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood
Cleftnoun
a disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cleft
kleft, pa.t. and pa.p. of Cleave.
Cleft
kleft, n. an opening made by cleaving or splitting: a crack, fissure, or chink.—Also Clift (B.). [Cf. Ger. kluft, Dan. klyft, a hole.]
Entomology
Cleft
split: partly divided, longitudinally: in Coleopteran applied to claws so divided that the parts lie one above the other.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Cleft in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Cleft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Cleft in a Sentence
It's about life-saving experiences for people. It's about learning to be the best person you can be, when I was a kid, I was moving pretty much home to home, family member to family member, and nobody in my family knew how to support me because of my cleft palate and my intellectual disability.
When he shaves off his mustache, he's got a hairline fracture, he's got one of those, what do you call it, cleft lip, cleft palate.
I think he turned his head in the middle of the scan, and we recorded it, and the resulting 3D model had this cleft in it. That's what gave it that haunting expression.
When I was a kid, I was moving pretty much home to home, family member to family member, and nobody in my family knew how to support me because of my cleft palate and my intellectual disability.
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- شقArabic
- цепка, цепнатинаBulgarian
- revneDanish
- SpalteGerman
- hendiduraSpanish
- شکافPersian
- loviFinnish
- fissureFrench
- בקע, שסעHebrew
- fessuraItalian
- 裂け目, 割れ目Japanese
- 샅, 골Korean
- hakonoMāori
- szczelinaPolish
- partido, rachadura, fissuraPortuguese
- трещина, расселина, расщелинаRussian
- pukotina, пукотинаSerbo-Croatian
- klyfta, sprickaSwedish
- yarıkTurkish
- درارUrdu
- 裂Chinese
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