cleft

cleft is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Cleave. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. past tense. of Cleave
2. past participle. of Cleave
3. imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
4. adjective. Divided; split; partly divided or split.
5. adjective. Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
6. noun. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
7. noun. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
8. noun. A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
9. noun. a long narrow opening

   Synonyms: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

10. noun. a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
11. adjective. having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

    Synonyms: dissected

Synonyms

crack, crevice, fissure, scissure, dissected

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cleft:

flect, fletc

Common word forms

clefts, clefted, clefting

Words from these letters

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