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    cleft
    /klɛft/

    noun

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCLEFT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    CLEFT definition: 1. an opening or crack, especially in a rock or the ground: 2. an opening or crack, especially in…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › cleftCleft Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of CLEFT is a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure. How to use cleft in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCLEFT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    CLEFT meaning: 1. an opening or crack, especially in a rock or the ground: 2. an opening or crack, especially in…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › cleftCLEFT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › cleftCleft - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCLEFT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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]

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › cleftCleft - definition of cleft by The Free Dictionary

    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 .]

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcleft noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    cleft. noun. /kleft/. /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.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › cleftCleft Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Cleft Sentence Examples. It has steps hewn in it, and has a cleft. A young person with a cleft may need to wear dental braces earlier than most. The divisions of the calyx extend only about one-third the length of the corolla, whereas in the other British species of Myosotis it is deeply cleft.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › cleftcleft - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

    cleft meaning, definition, what is cleft: a natural crack in something, especially...: Learn more.