Definition of cleft

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of cleft is as below...

Cleft (a.) Divided; split; partly divided or split.

Lern More About Cleft

Sea Girdles :: Sea girdles () A kind of kelp (Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand, seaware, and tangle..
Two-cleft :: Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
Multifid :: Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure..
Trifid :: Trifid (a.) Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft..
Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.
Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..
Clough :: Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..
Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..
Vein :: Vein (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance..
Pedatifid :: Pedatifid (a.) Cleft in a pedate manner, but having the lobes distinctly connected at the base; -- said of a leaf..
Rimose :: Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees..
Ravine :: Ravine (n.) A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft..
Vulviform :: Vulviform (a.) Like a cleft with projecting edges.
Jag :: Jag (n.) A cleft or division.
Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire..
Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us