meaning of rift
1. p. p. of Rive.
2. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
3. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
4. To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
5. To burst open; to split.
6. To belch.
7. a personal or social separation as between opposing factions; "they hoped to avoid a break in
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Related Words
rift | rift valley | rift valley fever | rifted | rifter | rifting |
