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Uncommonrift
The correct spelling is rift.
How to pronounce rift
noun
IPA: /ɹɪft/
Say it like: Rif-t
The correct spelling is rift. A chasm or fissure. For example: "My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect."
Usage Examples
“My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.”
“to rift an oak”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A chasm or fissure.
- 2.A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
- 3.A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
verb
- 1.To form a rift; to split open.
- 2.To cleave; to rive; to split.
- 3.(obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch.
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