Definition of Rift. Meaning of Rift. Synonyms of Rift
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Definition of Rift
Rift Rift Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rifting.]
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.
Rift Rift Rift, v. i.
1. To burst open; to split. --Shak.
Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. --Bacon.
2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Rift Rift Rift, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
rend. See Rive.]
1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
fissure. --Spenser.
2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
