Found 4 items, similar to cleft.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: cleft belahan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: cleft celah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cleft cleft See cleave cleave v 1: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; “cleave the bone” [syn: split, rive] 2: make by cutting into; “The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock” 3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; “The dress clings to her body”; “The label stuck to the box”; “The sushi rice grains cohere” [syn: cling, adhere, stick, cohere] [also: cloven, clove, cleft] cleft adj 1: used of hooves [syn: cloven, bisulcate] 2: having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib [syn: dissected] cleft n 1: a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) 2: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cleft Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [1913 Webster] O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. [1913 Webster] Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [1913 Webster] O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. [1913 Webster] Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Cleft \Cleft\ (kl[e^]ft), imp. & p. p. from Cleave. [1913 Webster] Cleft \Cleft\, a. 1. Divided; split; partly divided or split. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf. [1913 Webster] Cleft \Cleft\, n. [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl["o]ft, G. kluft. See Cleave to split and cf. 2d Clift, 1st Clough.] 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. --Is. ii. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood. [1913 Webster] 3. (Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. [1913 Webster] Branchial clefts. See under Branchial. Syn: Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny. [1913 Webster]