to cleft

Examples

• All

• The woodworker carefully cleft the log to create two smooth planks.

• He, underneath the debris, heaved and Hove up toward the opening, which they cleaved and clothed through it.

• And soon came the merciful slip of the axe that killed him, that cleft his soul from his body.

  Fiction book (1992)

• O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in two.

  Two Girls and a Guy (1998)

• O Hamlet, thou has cleft my heart in twain!

  Hamlet (1948)

• There will be this amplification reaction to make more and more of these cleaved products.

• Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

  Hamlet (2000)

• By the wild plum tree at the broken place in the long stone wall where roots have cleft the rocks and made them crumble.

  Fiction book (1998)

• O Hamlet... thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

  Hamlet (1990)

• The earthquake cleft the road, leaving a deep crack in the pavement.

Synonyms

C

to cleave

vsto cleft

8 8.0

To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe

divides by a crack creating separation rather than by cutting

F

to fissure

vsto cleft

1 7.2

To form long narrow cracks in rock or the ground

splits fully along a crack creating separate parts

Antonyms

U

to unite

∞ 2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

J

to join

∞ 1.0

Connect two things so they become attached

Compounds

C

cleft palate

• Specialized

4 5.1

A split in the roof of the mouth from birth that makes eating and speaking hard

C

cleft lip

• Specialized

1 2.7

A split in the upper lip that is there at birth

B

branchial cleft

• Specialized

9.9

A narrow opening in a fish's throat where water passes for breathing

C

cleft foot

• Specialized

9.8

A foot born with a deep gap between the third and fourth toes that extends into the foot

G

gill cleft

• Specialized

9.5

A slit in the throat of fish and other water animals that lets water pass for breathing

P

pudendal cleft

• Specialized

9.9

The space between the outer folds of a woman's genitals

U

urogenital cleft

• Specialized

9.9

A groove between the outer folds of the female genitals

How Complete

to split

513 1.3

to cleft

• Archaic

1 6.3

Surface Forms

Etymology