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cleft (klɛft) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | the past tense and a past participle of cleave |
| —n | |
| 2. | a fissure or crevice |
| 3. | an indentation or split in something, such as the chin, palate, etc |
| —adj | |
| 4. | split; divided |
| 5. | (of leaves) having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib |
| [Old English geclyft (n); related to Old High German kluft tongs, German Kluft gap, fissure; see | |
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Word Origin & History
cleft
O.E. geclyft (adj.) "split, cloven," spelling infl. by cleft, new weak pp. of cleave (1), from P.Gmc. *kluftis.
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cleft (klěft)
n.
A split or fissure between two parts.
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