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The correct spelling is cleft.
How to pronounce cleft
noun
IPA: /klɛft/
Say it like: Cle-ft
The correct spelling is cleft. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. For example: "a cleft of wood"
Usage Examples
“a cleft of wood”
“The wings cleaved the foggy air.”
“The truck cleaved a path through the ice.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
- 2.A piece made by splitting.
- 3.A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
verb
- 1.To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
- 2.To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- 3.To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- 4.To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- 5.To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
adjective
- 1.Split, divided, or partially divided into two.
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