The definition of a rift is a crack or opening, a distance between people, or a shallow part of a waterway.
(noun)To rift is defined as to break or split open.
(verb)An example of to rift is to split apart pieces of wood.
See rift in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < Dan, fissure < rive, to tear < ON rifa: see rive
transitive verb, intransitive verb
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noun
Origin: ? var. of obs. riff, altered < reef
See rift in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , of Scandinavian origin
.noun
Origin:
Origin: Probably alteration of dialectal riff, reef
Origin: , from Dutch rif, riffe; see reef1
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