"clift" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /klɪft/ [UK] Forms: clifts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪft Etymology: Variant form of cliff, influenced by cleft. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cliff}} cliff, {{m|en|cleft}} cleft Head templates: {{en-noun}} clift (plural clifts)
  1. (obsolete) A cliff. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: clifty
    Sense id: en-clift-en-noun-hQXse2g8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -th Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 18 12 1 4 6 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 17 17 14 1 4 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -th: 47 14 16 13 2 5 4

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /klift/ Forms: cliftes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz; equivalent to cleven + -th. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ġeclyft}} Old English ġeclyft, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kluftiz}} Proto-Germanic *kluftiz, {{af|enm|cleven|-th}} cleven + -th Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} clift, {{enm-noun|cliftes}} clift (plural cliftes)
  1. A cleft; a fission, fissure, or split in something. Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-LSoyMN~V Disambiguation of Anatomy: 38 39 8 4 4 6 Disambiguation of Landforms: 22 23 16 15 14 12
  2. A slash wound; an injury from an instance of slicing, cleaving, rupturing or cutting. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Surgery Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-8gTP~QHN Disambiguation of Anatomy: 38 39 8 4 4 6 Disambiguation of Surgery: 32 57 0 0 11 0 Disambiguation of Landforms: 22 23 16 15 14 12
  3. The fork in one's legs or behind; a bodily cleft. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-sGZ8ZVai Disambiguation of Landforms: 22 23 16 15 14 12
  4. (rare) A cliff or bank. Tags: rare Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-rJZWSVep Disambiguation of Landforms: 22 23 16 15 14 12
  5. (rare) A slicing for surgical reasons. Tags: rare Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-i3J0KsDX Disambiguation of Landforms: 22 23 16 15 14 12
  6. (rare) A shard or piece of something. Tags: rare Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-trAjeqAr Disambiguation of Landforms: 22 23 16 15 14 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clyft, clifte, clyfte

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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