Definition of cleft

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Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

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Parted :: Parted (a.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc..
Cleft :: Cleft (p. p.) of Cleav.
Cut :: Cut (n.) An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut..
Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..
Bifid :: Bifid (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins..
Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire..
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure..
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.
Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Spiniferous :: Spineted (a.) Slit; cleft.
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
Cleft :: Cleft (imp.) of Cleav.
Fissure :: Fissure (n.) A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..
Staphylotomy :: Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft..
Cleft-footed :: Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.
Clove :: Clove (imp.) Cleft.
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