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...

Chink :: Chink (n.) A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall..

Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..

Scissure :: Scissure (n.) A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure..

Octofid :: Octofid (a.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx..

Rimose :: Rimose (a.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees..

Cleftgraft :: Cleftgraft (v. t.) To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.

Ravine :: Ravine (n.) A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft..

Rima :: Rima (n.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.

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..

Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..

Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire..

Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..

Chinky :: Chinky (a.) Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.

Cleft-footed :: Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.

Multifid :: Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla..

Fissirostres :: Fissirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.

Palma Christi :: Palma Christi () A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant..

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..

Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..

Clough :: Clough (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.

Random Fonts

Most Popular