cleft
noun
- an opening made by or as by cleaving; crack; crevice
- a hollow between two parts
transitive verb
- cleave
- to insert (a scion) into the stock of a plant
adjective
- split; divided
- Bot. divided by one or more narrow spaces extending more than halfway to the midrib: said of leaves, as an oak leaf
See cleft in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(klĕft)
verbA past tense and a past participle of
cleave1.
- Divided; split.
- Botany Having indentations that extend about halfway to the center, as in certain leaves.
noun- A crack, crevice, or split.
- A split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin.
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