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v. A past tense and a past participle of cleave1.

adj. Divided; split.

adj. Botany Having indentations that extend about halfway to the center, as in certain leaves.

n. A crack, crevice, or split.

n. A split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin.

n. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

n. A piece made by splitting.

n. A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

v. Simple past tense and past participle of cleave.

imp. & p. p. from cleave.

adj. Divided; split; partly divided or split.

adj. Incised nearly to the midrib.

n. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice.

n. A piece made by splitting.

n. A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

n. A space or opening made by cleavage; a crevice; a fissure; a furrow; a rift; a chink.

n. . The point where the legs are joined to the body; the crotch.

n. 3. That which is cloven; a cloven hoof.

n. A disease of horses characterized by a crack on the bend of the pastern.

n. A piece made by splitting: as, a cleft of wood.

n. Preterit and past participle of cleave.

Split; divided; cloven.

In botany, divided half-way down or somewhat further, with narrow or acute sinuses between the lobes: applied to a lobed leaf, calyx, etc.

n. a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)

adj. having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

n. a long narrow opening

"Clinical outcomes in cleft lip and palate surgery."

compound   

clefted    clefting    clefts   

indenture    indentation   

crevasse    cleft palate    cleft hand    cleft hoof    visceral cleft    primitive cerebral cleft    in a cleft stick    posthyoidean cleft    branchial cleft    hyomandibular cleft   

cleave   

divided    split    crack    crevice    fissure    chink    cranny    riven    reft    rent   

cleave   

antitheft    bereft    deft    heft    left    theft   

fissure    cranny    gully    crevasse    cleave    crag    fjord    outcrop    chasm    declivity