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rift

/ɹɪft/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A chasm or fissure.
  2. A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
  3. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
  4. To form a rift; to split open.
  5. To cleave; to rive; to split.
  6. (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

breach(English)rupture(English)break(English)severance(English)falling out(English)chink(English)cleft(English)fissure(English)graben(English)oculus(English)headset(English)tectonic(English)

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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