See Also: Cleft lip(medicine)
Cleft lip(health)
two-cleft(medicine)
cleft(1)(dictionary)
cleft(2)(dictionary)
cleft 3,(dictionary)
Cleft(medicine)
cleft lip(dictionary)
subdural cleft(medicine)
synaptic cleft(medicine)

cleft(2) (iou)



cleft ppl adjective. LME.
[pa. pple of CLEAVE verb1: cf. CLOVEN ppl adjective.]
Split apart; partly split; bifurcate.
cleft palate a congenital malformation in which there is a longitudinal fissure in the roof of the mouth. cleft sentence Grammar a sentence in which an element is emphasized by being put in a separate clause and the use of an empty introductory word, usu. it, that, or what, e.g. it's money we want, what we want is money; it was today that I saw him; that was the King you were talking to. in a cleft stick in a position allowing neither retreat nor advance; in a fix.