Definition of cleft

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Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..

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Pedatifid :: Pedatifid (a.) Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf..
Chappy :: Chappy () Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
Clough :: Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..
Palma Christi :: Palma Christi () A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant..
Fissirostres :: Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Spiniferous :: Spineted (a.) Slit; cleft.
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
Chink :: Chink (n.) A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall..
Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..
Two-cleft :: Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
Fissure :: Fissure (n.) A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..
Aperture :: Aperture (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall..
Chop :: Chop (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock..
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
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