CLEFT

(noun, adj.sat, verb, adj.)

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There are 12 meanings of the word Cleft.

Cleft - as a noun

A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)

A long narrow cleft

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Cleft - as an adjective satellite

Split or divided

Example: "He had a cleft chin and strong jaw"

Having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib

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Cleft - as a verb

To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "the threat which i saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Example: "The wings cleaved the foggy air."

To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.

To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

Example: "The truck cleaved a path through the ice."

To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

To split.

Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.