noun

1. an opening made by or as by cleaving; crack; crevice
2. a hollow between two parts

Etymology: ME clift < OE *clyft < cleofan: see cleave

intransitive verb

transitive verb

1. cleave
2. to insert (a scion) into the stock of a plant

adjective

1. split; divided
2. Bot. divided by one or more narrow spaces extending more than halfway to the midrib: said of leaves, as an oak leaf