Clefting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
  2. 2
    The formation of a cleft sentence.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cleft form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
crackdividedabysmabyssalienationaperture

Etymology

From cleft + -ing.

Related phrases

cleft lipcleft palatecleft sentence

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