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cleft

noun

1 cleft

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

2 cleft

A long narrow opening.

synonyms: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure.

Roget 198: interval, interspace; separation etc. 44; break, gap, opening; hole etc. 260; chasm, hiatus, caesura; ... show more

Dutch: barst, berst, breuk, fissuur, kier, reet, scheur, spleet
Polish: rozszczep, rozszczepienie, szczelina, szpara

adjective

1 cleft

Split or divided.

Roget 91: bisected etc. v.; cloven, cleft; bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid; bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated; distichous, dichotomous, ... show more

2 cleft

Having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib.

synonym: dissected.


Moby thesaurus: abysm, abyss, alienation, aperture, arroyo, bifurcated, bisected, blaze, box canyon, branched, branching, breach, breach of friendship, break, breakage, broaching, burst, canyon, cavity, chap ... show more.

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cleave

verb

1 cleave

Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument:
— Cleave the bone.

synonyms: rive, split.

Roget 44: be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.    disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; ... show more

2 cleave

Make by cutting into.

3 cleave

Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.

synonyms: adhere, cling, cohere, stick.

Roget 46: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round ... show more

Dutch: vasthouden, klampen, klemmen, kleven, klitten, pakken, plakken


Moby thesaurus: accelerate, activate, adhere, adhere to, agglomerate, amputate, associate, atomize, ax, bifurcate, bisect, bite, bombard, branch, breach, break, break to pieces, broach, bunch, butcher ... show more.

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