cleft
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splittingAn opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
» He has a cleft chin and a square jaw.
У него ямочка на подбородке и квадратная челюсть.
Meaning
3 sensesAn opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
The river flows through a cleft in the mountains.
Spalte, Riß
расще́линаrasščélina, тре́щинаtréščina, рассе́линаrassélina
A piece made by splitting.
a cleft of wood
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
- a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- a long narrow cleft
Examples
9 sentencesHe has a cleft chin and a square jaw.
ruУ него ямочка на подбородке и квадратная челюсть.
The cleft in the rock provided shelter for the hiker.
Tom has a cleft lip.
ruУ Тома заячья губа.
deTom hat eine Lippenspalte.
She has a cleft lip.
ruУ неё заячья губа.
deSie hat eine Hasenscharte.
He has a cleft lip.
ruУ него заячья губа.
deEr hat eine Hasenscharte.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English clift, from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-West Germanic *klufti, froFrom Middle English clift, from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-West Germanic *klufti, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz, equivalent to cleave + -t (“-th”). Compare Dutch klucht (“coarse comedy”), Swedish klyft (“cave, den”), German Kluft. See cleave.
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