cleft

noun · verb · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

clefts

1.
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
The river flows through a cleft in the mountains.
2.
A piece made by splitting.
a cleft of wood
3.
A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

clefts

V_ing/Gerund

clefting

V_ed/pp

clefted

1.
(linguistics) 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.
(form of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of cleave

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)split, divided, or partially divided into two.
Đồng nghĩa: cloven

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Đồng nghĩa

cloven

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English clift, from Old English ġeclyft, from *klufti, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz, equivalent to cleave + --t. Compare klucht coarse comedy, klyft, Kluft. See cleave.