Definition of cleft

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Cleft (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock..

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Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..
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..
Clove :: Clove (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove..
Chine :: Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep..
Rima :: Rima (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
Jag :: Jag (n.) A cleft or division.
Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Chap :: Chap (n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock..
Clove :: Clove (imp.) Cleft.
Cleft-footed :: Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.
Chop :: Chop (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.
Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..
Chinky :: Chinky (a.) Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.
Pentafid :: Pentafid (a.) Divided or cleft into five parts.
Cleftgraft :: Cleftgraft (v. t.) To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
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