Cleft

/klɛft/

Synonyms for "cleft" (202 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Noun(10 words)

crack crevice fissure abnormal adhere anomalous bisectchin dimplechin indentationcling

abysm abyss alienation aperture arroyo bifurcated bisected blazebox canyonbranched branching breachbreach of friendshipbreak breakage broaching burst canyon cavity chap

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chasm check chimney chink chinky chip clearing cleavage cleuch clough

Verb(1 words)

cleave

Strong matches (60)

clove cloven col coulee couloir crack cracked cranny crena crevasse crevice cut cwm defile dehiscent dell depression dichotomous dike dimidiate

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Noun(7 words)

congenital crevices defective dividedfacial cleftfissured fissures

Adjective(1 words)

dissected

Related words (101)

gape gaping gappy gash gat gorge groove gulch gulf gully hack halved hiatus hole hollowin piecesin shredsincision indentation inlet

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interval jag jog joggle joint kerf kloof lacerate lacerated lacunalaying openleak mangled moat mutilated nick nock notch nullahopen ruptureopeningopening uporifice outlet pass passage passageway pore quartered ragged ramified ravinerecall of ambassadorsrent rift rime rimose rimulose rip riven rupture scale schism scissure score scotch seam separation severed shredded slash slice slit slot space splinter splintered split stoma tattered tearthrowing opentorn trench uncorking unstopping valley void wadi yawn

Noun(11 words)

hold fastlip fissurenotchedorofacial fissurepalate fissurerend scissure sever slit split stick

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

16 entries

adhereanatomical defectanomaly aperturebirth defectchincongenital anomalycongenital defectfacial featuregap indentation indenture openingphysical propertyshape attributesplit

More specific

18 entries

adhere tochin dimplecleave apartcleave in twocleft lipcleft palatecling tocrack crevicefacial indentationfissured gashmandibular cleftnotched segmented slit

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Collocations

13 entries

cleave apartcleave in twocleave opencleave the rockcleave timbercleave to traditioncleft chincleft lipcleft lip deformitycleft palatecleft palate repairfacial cleftlip fissure

Inflections

4 entries

cleaved cleaves cleaving clefts

Derivations

7 entries

cleavable cleavage cleaver clefted clefting cleftlike cleftness

similar

2 entries

compound divided

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

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Tom has a cleft lip.

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She has a cleft lip.

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He has a cleft lip.

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