"Cleftedness" example sentences

cleft

verb

cleft (adjective)

- past and past participle of cleave

- split, divided, or partially divided into two:

cleft

noun

cleft (noun) · clefts (plural noun)

- a fissure or split, especially one in rock or the ground:

- a vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or chin:

- a deep division between two parts of the body.

cleave

verb

cleft (past tense)

- split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:

- split (a molecule) by breaking a particular chemical bond.

- (of a cell) divide:

- make a way through (something) forcefully, as if by splitting it apart:

Synonyms

cleave, split, divided, cloven, parted, separated, split, slit, crack, fissure, crevice, chasm, opening, rift, break, fracture, rent, breach, gash, cranny, interstice, furrow, indentation, gap, hole, pit, void, crater, split, divide, sever, splinter, hew, hack, halve, bisect, quarter, rend, sunder, rive, plow, drive, bulldoze, cut, carve, make