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Adjective
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Split, divided, or partially divided into two,
  1. Split, divided, or partially divided into two
    • - a cleft chin
Noun
  1. A fissure or split, esp. one in rock or the ground

  2. A vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or chin

  3. A deep division between two parts of the body

  1. a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
  2. having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
  3. crack: a long narrow opening
  4. (cleave) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
  5. (cleave) make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
  6. (cleave) cling: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
  7. The Cleft (2007) is a novel by Doris Lessing.
  8. (Clefts) Cleft lip (cheiloschisis) and cleft palate (palatoschisis), which can also occur together as cleft lip and palate, are variations of a type of clefting congenital deformity caused by abnormal facial development during gestation. A cleft is a fissure or opening—a gap. ...
  9. (Cleave (fiber)) A cleave in an optical fiber is a deliberate, controlled break, intended to create a perfectly flat endface, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fiber. ...
  10. an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting
  11. (cleave) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass; To split or sever something or as if with a sharp instrument; To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical ...
  12. (Clefts) are burly rock monsters that appear in the Paper Mario series. Their name comes from the word "cleft", which can alternately refer to a crack in a rock or an indentation of the chin, both of which are characteristics of the Clefts.
  13. (Clefts) result from incomplete development of the lip and/or palate in the early weeks of pregnancy.
  14. (Cleave) Once per turn, if this character defeats an adjacent enemy by making an attack, it can make an immediate attack against another adjacent enemy. Cleave works even when the character is making an attack of opportunity.
  15. (Cleave) To split a rough diamond along the grain, usually using a metal knife in a kerf to divide the stone in two.
  16. (Cleave) or Cleavage - the ability of a gemstone or mineral to break in a certain direction usually because of its crystal structure. In opal, the cleavage plane is totally irregular and somewhat haphazard. The veins of opal in boulder opal are sometimes cleaved apart to expose the opal.
  17. (Cleave) to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly
  18. (cleave) (v) carırģa sındırırģa
  19. (cleave) Hang onto, hold fast, or split into two parts.
  20. (cleave) To break phospho-diester bonds of double-stranded DNA, usually with a type II restriction endonuclease. a.k.a. to cut or digest.
  21. (cleave) To split; separate. As used in this text, to separate from the whole.
  22. (cleave) to split or pass through by cutting.
  23. divided, split, a crack, crevice, or split
  24. A separation of the upper lip and/or the roof of the mouth.
  25. Divided to or about the middle into divisions, as a palmately or pinnately cleft leaf. See dissected.