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    cleft
    [kleft]
    verb
    1. past and past participle of cleave
    adjective
    cleft (adjective)
    1. split, divided, or partially divided into two:
      "a cleft chin"
    cleft
    [kleft]
    noun
    cleft (noun) · clefts (plural noun)
    1. a fissure or split, especially one in rock or the ground:
      "the third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft"
      • a vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or chin:
        "the enticing cleft in his chin"
      • a deep division between two parts of the body.
    Origin
    Middle English clift: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluft and German Kluft, also to cleave. The form of the word was altered in the 16th century by association with cleft.
    cleave
    [klēv]
    verb
    cleft (past tense)
    1. split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:
      "the large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire"
      • split (a molecule) by breaking a particular chemical bond.
      • biology
        (of a cell) divide:
        "the egg cleaves to form a mulberry-shaped cluster of cells"
      • make a way through (something) forcefully, as if by splitting it apart:
        "they watched a coot cleave the smooth water" · "an unstoppable warrior clove through their ranks" · "Stan was off, cleaving a path through the traffic"
    Origin
    Old English clēofan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klieven and German klieben.
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    adjective
    1. split, divided, or partially divided into two:
      split
      divided
      cloven
      parted
      separated
    noun
    1. a fissure or split, especially one in rock or the ground:
      split
      slit
      crack
      fissure
      crevice
      chasm
      opening
      rift
      break
      fracture
      rent
      breach
      gash
      cranny
      interstice
      furrow
      indentation
      gap
      hole
      pit
      void
      crater
      verb
      1. split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain:
        split
        divide
        sever
        splinter
        cut (up)
        hew
        hack
        halve
        bisect
        quarter
        rend
        sunder
        rive
        split open
        crack open
        lay open
        chop up
        slice up
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    1. Merriam Webster
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    18. Mayo Clinic
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