rift

1. p. p. of Rive. Source: opted

2. n. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Source: opted

3. n. A shallow place in a stream; a ford. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Source: opted

5. v. i. To burst open; to split. Source: opted

6. v. i. To belch. Source: opted

7. n. a gap between cloud masses Source: wordnet

8. n. a narrow fissure in rock Source: wordnet

9. n. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) Source: wordnet

10. p. p. of Rive. Spenser. 1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Spenser. 2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford. To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth. 1. To burst open; to split. Shak. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon. 2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Source: webster

11. p. p. of Rive. Spenser. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. a gap between cloud masses n. a narrow fissure in rock Source: ecdict

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