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- Dictionarycleft/klɛft/
noun
- 1. a fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground: "the third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft" Similar
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How to use cleft in a sentence. a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure; a usually V-shaped indented formation : a hollow between ridges or protuberances… See the full definition
CLEFT definition: 1. an opening or crack, especially in a rock or the ground: 2. an opening or crack, especially in…. Learn more.
If you're looking for an indentation or opening in something, you're looking for a cleft (noun). A person with a cleft (adjective) chin has a little dent in the middle of their chin. Most superheroes have one.
noun. a space or opening made by cleavage; a split. Synonyms: crevasse, chasm, cranny, rift, crack, crevice, fissure. a division formed by cleaving. cleave. a hollow area or indentation: a chin with a cleft. Veterinary Pathology. a crack on the bend of the pastern of a horse. cleft.
1. countable noun. A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it. ...a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for humans to enter. [ + in] Synonyms: opening, break, crack, gap More Synonyms of cleft. 2. countable noun. A cleft in someone's chin is a line down the middle of it. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
1. A crack, crevice, or split. 2. A split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin. [Middle English, past participle of cleven, to split; see cleave1. N., from Middle English, alteration (influenced by cleft) of clift, from Old English geclyft; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots .]
A long dorsal fln, high and pointed anteriorly, runs along nearly the whole length of the back; the caudal is strong and deeply cleft. The cleft does not always proceed the whole length of the anther-lobe at once, but often for a time it extends only partially.
Definitions of 'cleft'. 1. A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it. [...] 2. A cleft in someone's chin is a line down the middle of it. [...] 3. If someone has a cleft chin, they have a cleft in their chin.
noun. /kleft/ a natural opening or line, for example in the ground or in rock, or in a person’s chin (= part of the face below the mouth) a cleft in the rocks. They walked up a cleft in the hills. the cleft in his chin. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
cleft meaning, definition, what is cleft: a natural crack in something, especially...: Learn more.
