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Antonyms for cleft

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : kleft
Phonetic Transcription : klɛft

Definition of cleft

Origin :
  • 1570s, alteration (by influence of cleft, new weak past participle of cleave (v.1)), of Middle English clift (early 14c.), from Old English geclyft (adj.) "split, cloven," from Proto-Germanic *kluftis (cf. Old High German and German kluft, Danish kløft "cleft"), from PIE *gleubh- (see glyph). In Middle English anatomy, it meant "the parting of the thighs" (early 14c.).
  • adj separated, split
  • noun break, gap
Example sentences :
  • We could see the shafts of the darts fast in the cleft, bristling in the moonlight.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Nelson was at this time, according to his own expression, placed in a cleft stick.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Put them, one at a time, into the cleft or split end of the larding-needle.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • It was almost forty minutes to the dot when Hilary's head emerged from the cleft.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Pinnatifid: divided into feathers, as when wings are cleft nearly to the base.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • The eyes of the men in the cleft below had followed the pointed sword.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • The Louisianians are coming up that cleft between the hills.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Probably one or two braves had been left to watch the cleft.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • He looked closer and saw that it grew out of the cleft in the rock.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison
  • Robinson had only now to remove the loose earth inside the cleft.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison

Synonyms for cleft

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