clift

Middle English

/klift/

noun
Definitions
  • A cleft; a fission, fissure, or split in something.
  • A slash wound; an injury from an instance of slicing, cleaving, rupturing or cutting.
  • The fork in one's legs or behind; a bodily cleft.
  • (rare) A cliff or bank.
  • (rare) A slicing for surgical reasons.
  • (rare) A shard or piece of something.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ä¡eclyft inherited from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz affix from Middle English cleven (split, stick).

Origin

Middle English

cleven

Gloss

split, stick

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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