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cleft::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | dissected |
cleft::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | indentation, indenture |
| Derivation | cleave |
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he had a cleft chin and strong jaw.
the infant was born with a double harelip and cleft palate.
a cleft stick.
Examples of cleft
cleft
If too little or too much of the protein is expressed, a cleft palate can occur.
From the sciencedaily.com
Last June, her family hosted a 5-year-old girl who was born with a cleft palate.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Each cleft was capable of trapping a single amino acid from the primordial soup.
From the newscientist.com
He has a weak cleft chin, a crew cut, weapons for every occasion and no scruples.
From the bloomberg.com
The dopamine transporter mediates reuptake of dopamine from the synaptic cleft.
From the nature.com
We see hippos, waterbucks and jackals, and visit a hyena's lair in a rocky cleft.
From the couriermail.com.au
At the top of the pass was a cleft with two great horns of rock on either side.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At first the stick had a cleft or split in the top in which the thread was fixed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The wedges fell from the cleft, and the tree closed upon his hands, trapping him.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
- Having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
- Crack: a long narrow opening
- (cleave) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
- (cleave) make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
- (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"
- The Cleft (2007) is a novel by Doris Lessing.
- Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP), and both together (CLP). A cleft lip contains an opening in the upper lip that may extend into the nose. The opening may be on one side, both sides, or in the middle. A cleft palate is when the roof of the mouth contains an opening into the nose...
- (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. ...
