"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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} clift (plural clifts)
  1. (obsolete) A cliff. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: clifted, clifty
    Sense id: en-clift-en-noun-hQXse2g8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -th, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 17 20 13 1 6 7 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -th: 23 16 17 18 3 14 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 6 10 4 1 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 5 13 4 1 3 3

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.
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-LSoyMN~V
  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: 31 47 10 3 4 5 Disambiguation of Surgery: 24 55 6 3 9 3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 20 27 15 14 13 11
  3. The fork in one's legs or behind; a bodily cleft.
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-sGZ8ZVai
  4. (rare) A cliff or bank. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-rJZWSVep
  5. (rare) A slicing for surgical reasons. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-i3J0KsDX
  6. (rare) A shard or piece of something. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clift-enm-noun-trAjeqAr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clyft, clifte, clyfte

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A shard or piece of something."
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        "(rare) A shard or piece of something."
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