Definition of cleft

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Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

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Split :: Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Vulviform :: Vulviform (a.) Like a cleft with projecting edges.
Undivided :: Undivided (a.) Not lobed, cleft, or branched; entire..
Jagged :: "Jagged (a.) Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks..
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..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood..
Chop :: Chop (n.) A crack or cleft. See Chap.
Crevice :: Crevice (n.) A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
Staphylotomy :: Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft..
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Chappy :: Chappy () Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.
Pygopod :: Pygopod (n.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs..
Rift :: Rift (n.) An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..
Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..
Clove :: Clove (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove..
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..
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..
Tripinnatifid :: Tripinnatifid (a.) Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid..
Fissure :: Fissure (n.) A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock..
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