01 p. p. p. p. of Rive.
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Entry
6 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Rift
/rĭft/
· IPA /ɹɪft/
02 n. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
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An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
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A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
03 v. t. To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
imp. & p. p.
Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rifting
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To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.“To dwell these rifted rocks between.” — Wordsworth.
04 v. i. To burst open; to split.
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To burst open; to split.“Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance.” — Bacon.
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To belch.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]