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- DictionaryCleft/kleft/
noun
- 1. a fissure or split, especially one in rock or the ground: "the third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft"
Definitions of cleft. noun. a long narrow opening. synonyms: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure. see more. noun. a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) see more. adjective. split or divided. adjective. having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib. synonyms: dissected. compound. composed of more than one part.
[count] 1. : a narrow space in the surface of something. The river begins as a trickle of water from a cleft in the rock. 2. : a narrow area that looks like a small dent in someone's chin. He has a distinctive cleft in his chin. — cleft. adjective. The plant has deeply cleft leaves. a cleft chin.
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 .]
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5 days ago · 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]
Definition of cleft noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cleft1 /kleft/ noun [ countable] 1 a natural crack in something, especially the surface of rocks or the Earth 2 an area on the chin or lip that goes slightly inwards Examples from the Corpus cleft • Slice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name...
