ALL meanings of cleft
cleft
C c - countable noun cleft A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it. 3
- countable noun cleft A cleft in someone's chin is a line down the middle of it. 3
- adjective cleft If someone has a cleft chin, they have a cleft in their chin. 3
- noun cleft Cleft is a past participle of cleave. 3
- noun cleft a fissure or crevice 3
- noun cleft an indentation or split in something, such as the chin, palate, etc 3
- adjective cleft split; divided 3
- adjective cleft (of leaves) having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib 3
- noun cleft an opening made by or as by cleaving; crack; crevice 3
- noun cleft a hollow between two parts 3
- abbreviation CLEFT cleave1 3
- verb transitive cleft to insert (a scion) into the stock of a plant 3
- adjective cleft divided by one or more narrow spaces extending more than halfway to the midrib 3
- noun cleft a space or opening made by cleavage; a split. 1
- noun cleft a division formed by cleaving. 1
- noun cleft a hollow area or indentation: a chin with a cleft. 1
- noun cleft Veterinary Pathology. a crack on the bend of the pastern of a horse. 1
- verb cleft a simple past tense and past participle of cleave2 . 1
- adjective cleft cloven; split; divided. 1
- adjective cleft (of a leaf, corolla, lobe, or other expanded plant part) having divisions formed by incisions or narrow sinuses that extend more than halfway to the midrib or the base. 1
- verb without object cleft to part or split, especially along a natural line of division. 1
- verb without object cleft to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually followed by through). 1
- verb with object cleft to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood. 1
- verb with object cleft to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness. 1
- verb with object cleft to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly. 1
- verb with object cleft to cut off; sever: to cleave a branch from a tree. 1
- noun cleft Split, divided, or partially divided into two. 1
- noun cleft dimple in chin 1
- noun cleft rock: fissure 1
- noun cleft An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. 0
- noun cleft A piece made by splitting. 0
- noun cleft A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. 0
- verb cleft simple past tense and past participle of cleave. 0