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English Dictionary: cleft	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleft adj having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib Synonym(s): cleft, dissected n a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) a long narrow opening Synonym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[emac]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[ecr]ft), {Clave} (kl[amac]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[omac]v, Obsolescent); p. p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[emac]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[omac]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle[a2]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[d4]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl[94]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. {Cleft}.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cleft \Cleft\ (kl[ecr]ft), imp. & p. p. from {Cleave}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cleft \Cleft\, a. 1. Divided; split; partly divided or split. 2. (Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cleft \Cleft\, n. [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl[94]ft, G. kluft. See {Cleave} to split and cf. 2d {Clift}, 1st {Clough}.] 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. --Is. ii. 21. 2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood. 3. (Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. {Branchial clefts}. See under {Branchial}. Syn: Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny.