cleft
cleft is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Divided; split; partly divided or split.
- 2.(Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf.
- 3.A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii.
- 4.2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
- 5.(Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- barranca
- between
- breach
- breachy
- break
- caesura
- canon
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- creek
- crevasse
- crevice
- cut
- defile
- dike
- far
- fissure
- flaw
- frith
- furrow
- gap
- gape
- gash
- gorge
- gulch
- gulf
- gully
- ha-ha
- hiatus
- hole
- incompleteness
- inlet
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is cleft.
- What is divided; split; partly divided or split called?
- What is incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf called?
- What is a space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii called?
- What is 2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood called?
- What is a disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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