Cleft Definition

klĕft
clefts
adjective
Split; divided.
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Divided by one or more narrow spaces extending more than halfway to the midrib.
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noun
clefts
An opening made by or as by cleaving; crack; crevice.
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A hollow between two parts.
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A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

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verb
clefts

Cleave.

Webster's New World

Cleave.

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To insert (a scion) into the stock of a plant.
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Simple past tense and past participle of cleave.

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Other Word Forms of Cleft

Noun

Singular:
cleft
Plural:
clefts

Origin of Cleft

  • Middle English past participle of cleven to split cleave1 N., from Middle English alteration (influenced by cleft) of clift from Old English geclyft gleubh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English clift; compare Swedish klyft (“cave, den”) cave, den, German Kluft. See cleave.

    From Wiktionary

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.

  • 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.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLE

Words Ending With

TFTEFT

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Words Starting With C and Ending With T

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