Rift

noun

/ɹɪft/

Word Frequency: 2.1

Definitions

1.nounA chasm or fissure.

"My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect."

2.nounA break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

3.nounA shallow place in a stream; a ford.

4.verbTo form a rift; to split open.

5.verbTo cleave; to rive; to split.

"to rift an oak"

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