English-Thai Dictionary

cleft

N รอยแยก  ร่อง  รอยแตก  clack crevice roi-yaek

 

cleft palate

N เพดานปาก โหว่  pe-dan-pak-wo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLEFT

pp. of cleave. Divided; split; parted asunder.

 

CLEFT

n. 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as the cleft of a rock. Isaiah 2:21.
2. A disease in horses; a crack on the bought of the pastern.
3. A piece made by splitting; as a cleft of wood.

 

CLEFT-GRAFT

v.t.[cleft and graft. ] To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a cion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLEFT

CLEFT Cleft, imp. & p. p.

 

Defn: from Cleave.

 

CLEFT

CLEFT Cleft, a.

 

1. Divided; split; partly divided or split.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf.

 

CLEFT

Cleft, n. Etym: [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. klöft, G. kluft. See Cleave to split and cf. 2d Clift, 1st Clough. ]

 

1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii. 21.

 

2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

 

3. (Far. )

 

Defn: A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.

 

Syn. -- Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny.

 

CLEFT-FOOTED

CLEFT-FOOTED Cleft "-foot `ed, a.

 

Defn: Having a cloven foot.

 

CLEFTGRAFT

CLEFTGRAFT Cleft "graft `, v. t.

 

Defn: To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cleft

cleft 1 |kleft klɛft | past and past participle of cleave 1. ▶adjective split, divided, or partially divided into two: a cleft chin.

 

cleft

cleft 2 |klɛft kleft | ▶noun a fissure or split, esp. one in rock or the ground. • a vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or 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 1. The form of the word was altered in the 16th cent. by association with cleft 1 .

 

cleft lip

cleft lip |klɛft lɪp | ▶noun a congenital split in the upper lip on one or both sides of the center, often associated with a cleft palate. usage: Cleft lip is the standard, accepted term and should be used instead of harelip, which can cause offense.

 

cleft palate

cleft pal ate |ˈklɛft ˈpælət | ▶noun a congenital split in the roof of the mouth.

 

cleft sentence

cleft sen tence |klɛft ˈsɛntns | ▶noun Grammar a sentence in which an element is emphasized by being put in a separate clause with the use of an empty introductory word such as it or that, e.g., it's money we want; it was today that I saw him; that was the King you were talking to .

 

Oxford Dictionary

cleft

cleft 1 |klɛft | past participle of cleave 1 ▶adjective split, divided, or partially divided into two: a cleft chin. PHRASES be (or be caught ) in a cleft stick be in a situation in which any action one takes will have adverse consequences.

 

cleft

cleft 2 |klɛft | ▶noun 1 a fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground. • a vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or chin. • a deep division between two parts of the body. 2 (also cleft sentence ) Grammar a sentence in which an element is emphasized by being put in a separate clause, with the use of an empty introductory word such as it or that, e.g. it's money we want; it was today that I saw him; that was the King you were talking to . ORIGIN Middle English clift: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluft and German Kluft, also to cleave 1. The form of the word was altered in the 16th cent. by association with cleft 1 .

 

cleft lip

cleft lip ▶noun a congenital split in the upper lip on one or both sides of the centre, often associated with a cleft palate. usage: Cleft lip is the standard accepted term and should be used instead of harelip, which can cause offence.

 

cleft palate

cleft pal ¦ate ▶noun a congenital split in the roof of the mouth.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cleft

cleft noun 1 a deep cleft in the rocks: split, slit, crack, fissure, crevice, rift, break, fracture, rent, breach. 2 the cleft in his chin: dimple. ▶adjective a cleft tail: split, divided, cloven, bifid.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cleft

cleft noun 1 a deep cleft in the rocks: split, slit, crack, fissure, crevice, chasm, opening, rift, break, fracture, rent, breach, gash; cranny, interstice, furrow, indentation; gap, hole, pit, void, crater. 2 the cleft in his chin: dimple. ▶adjective the little gull has a cleft tail: split, divided, cloven, parted, separated.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cleft

cleft /kleft /名詞 C (地面 岩石などの )裂け目, 割れ目 (fissure ).動詞 cleave 1 の過去形 過去分詞 .形容詞 裂けている .～̀ l í p 口唇裂 .～̀ p á late 口蓋 （こうがい ）破裂症 .～̀ s é ntence 〘文法 〙分裂文 〘It is … thatによって分裂させられた文 〙, 強調構文 .