Definitions for "Cleft"
Keywords:  midrib, halfway, maple, lobe, cleofan
Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
Cut about halfway to the mid-vein.
a. (AS. cleofan, to cut) divided halfway down to the midrib or further, or generally, any deep lobe or cut.
Keywords:  palate, crevice, kirk, douglas, split
Divided; split; partly divided or split.
A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
Keywords:  gehn, atrus, ti'ana, yeesha, dormant
The starting place to explore the D'ni universe. A crack in the desert at the foot of a dormant volcano, the one-time dwelling of Ti'ana, Gehn, Atrus and Yeesha.
One of the first places to visit and explore. A crack in a desert at the foot of a dormant volcano at the Earth, the one-time dwelling of Ti'ana, Gehn, Atrus and Yeesha.
Keywords:  hooves
used of hooves
Keywords:  imp, cleave
imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Keywords:  notched
notched.
Keywords:  pronoun, broke, john, sentences, window
it A special use of the PERSONAL PRONOUN it which appears in CLEFT sentences: It was John who broke the window. See also
an opening or separation in a body structure
a separation in a body structure
Keywords:  joining, failure, parts
Failure of joining of parts
Keywords:  narrow, long, opening
a long narrow opening