Definition of cleft

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Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

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Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..
Vulviform :: Vulviform (a.) Like a cleft with projecting edges.
Pentafid :: Pentafid (a.) Divided or cleft into five parts.
Fissirostres :: Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.
Pedatifid :: Pedatifid (a.) Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf..
Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire..
Chinky :: Chinky (a.) Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.
Cut :: Cut (n.) An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut..
Jag :: Jag (n.) A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Pedate :: Pedate (a.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf..
Guhr :: Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher..
Ravine :: Ravine (n.) A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft..
Cleft-footed :: Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.
Parted :: Parted (a.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc..
Jag :: Jag (n.) A cleft or division.
Chappy :: Chappy () Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
Crevice :: Crevice (n.) A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Rima :: Rima (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
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..
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