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cleft1 definition

cleft (kleft)

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

cleft2 definition

cleft (kleft)

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

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