English to English
rift
(r/I/ft
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noun (n)
- a gap between cloud masses(noun.object)Example:
The sun shone through a rift in the clouds.
source: wordnet30 - a narrow fissure in rock(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)(noun.event)source: wordnet30
- An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.(verb)source: webster1913
- To burst open; to split.(verb)source: webster1913
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