Cleft
noun
A split or opening in something, especially one that is long and narrow.
He found a cleft in the rock where he could take shelter.
Often appears as...
- cleft in the rock
- deep cleft
adjective
Split or divided in two.
A cleft stick is often used to hold something in place.
Often appears as...
- cleft stick
- cleft palate
noun
A condition where the upper lip or roof of the mouth is split.
She was born with a cleft palate.
Often appears as...
- repair a cleft
- cleft lip
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Disapproving
Technical
noun
A split or opening in something, especially one that is long and narrow.
He found a cleft in the rock where he could take shelter.
Often appears as...
- cleft in the rock
- deep cleft
adjective
Split or divided in two.
A cleft stick is often used to hold something in place.
Often appears as...
- cleft stick
- cleft palate
noun
A condition where the upper lip or roof of the mouth is split.
She was born with a cleft palate.
Often appears as...
- repair a cleft
- cleft lip
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Landforms
Use 'cleft' to describe natural openings in geographical features.
The mountain's cleft was home to numerous birds.
Pro Tip 2/3Narrow Opening
'Cleft' usually suggests a narrow, sometimes deep split.
A cleft between the boulders provided a path forward.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Man-Made
'Cleft' often implies a natural formation, not something made by humans.
The roots of the tree formed a cleft in the earth.
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How augmented reality...
where this technology was used to support the provision of cleft lip and palate surgery to children, children from poor backgrounds who didn't have access to health insurance. And in this town, there was a hospital with one surgeon working hard to provide this care, Dr. Soraya. Now, Dr. Soraya was struggling under the sheer demand
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Introducing a New Baby...
get into your question now but it looks like it's mass there's a split you see that between its trunk and its mouth almost like it's got a cleft palate that's really interesting I've never seen that in my life before it's not its mouth its mouth is lowered down by the looks of things and just now there was a
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Rick Guidotti: From...
I'm thinking, albinism was so easy, this is going to be rough. But I went to San Antonio, walked down to the auditorium where the kids and young adults were, opened the door, and I was instantly surrounded by kids screaming with laughter. There were kids with cleft palates, kids with mobility issues,
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Robert Thurman:...
And where it's landing to bring the twigs to the cliff, its feathers brushes the rock -- and it had cut the rock six to eight inches in. There was a cleft in the rock by the brushing of the feathers of generations of the birds. So he said, "All right. I get the point." He went back.
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Michael Merzenich:...
Now I might say the noise problem could also occur on the basis of information provided in the world from the ears. If any -- those of you who are older in the audience know that when I was a child we understood that a child born with a cleft palate
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How One Brilliant Woman...
story her profiles reveal the existence of complex geography of crevices metallic but perhaps most startling was the emergence of a long v-shaped cleft that ran through each of her profiles these so-called risk valleys offered support
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The Unconquered:...
perfectly round ceramic bowl in another place we came upon this tapir jaw left in the cleft of a tree a kind of totem perhaps we weren't sure but these are the signs that make up the lifeblood of
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The Restorative Power of...
which is amazing for all genders. We can tattoo eyebrows, belly buttons, toenails. We can improve the appearance of a cleft lip. We can separate webbed toes. The possibilities are endless.
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Mena Trott: How blogs...
to offer plastic surgery to those who need it. Children with cleft palates get it, and they document their story. This is wonderful. I am not that caring. I talk about myself.
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This Man’s Words Will...
flaking silvery Brown cracked pepper holy cleft trunk limbs hanging by a friend thicket of an old unpruned apple
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How augmented reality...
where this technology was used to support the provision of cleft lip and palate surgery to children, children from poor backgrounds who didn't have access to health insurance. And in this town, there was a hospital with one surgeon working hard to provide this care, Dr. Soraya. Now, Dr. Soraya was struggling under the sheer demand
Video examples
Introducing a New Baby...
get into your question now but it looks like it's mass there's a split you see that between its trunk and its mouth almost like it's got a cleft palate that's really interesting I've never seen that in my life before it's not its mouth its mouth is lowered down by the looks of things and just now there was a
Video examples
Rick Guidotti: From...
I'm thinking, albinism was so easy, this is going to be rough. But I went to San Antonio, walked down to the auditorium where the kids and young adults were, opened the door, and I was instantly surrounded by kids screaming with laughter. There were kids with cleft palates, kids with mobility issues,
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Robert Thurman:...
And where it's landing to bring the twigs to the cliff, its feathers brushes the rock -- and it had cut the rock six to eight inches in. There was a cleft in the rock by the brushing of the feathers of generations of the birds. So he said, "All right. I get the point." He went back.
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Michael Merzenich:...
Now I might say the noise problem could also occur on the basis of information provided in the world from the ears. If any -- those of you who are older in the audience know that when I was a child we understood that a child born with a cleft palate
Video examples
How One Brilliant Woman...
story her profiles reveal the existence of complex geography of crevices metallic but perhaps most startling was the emergence of a long v-shaped cleft that ran through each of her profiles these so-called risk valleys offered support
Video examples
The Unconquered:...
perfectly round ceramic bowl in another place we came upon this tapir jaw left in the cleft of a tree a kind of totem perhaps we weren't sure but these are the signs that make up the lifeblood of
Video examples
The Restorative Power of...
which is amazing for all genders. We can tattoo eyebrows, belly buttons, toenails. We can improve the appearance of a cleft lip. We can separate webbed toes. The possibilities are endless.
Video examples
Mena Trott: How blogs...
to offer plastic surgery to those who need it. Children with cleft palates get it, and they document their story. This is wonderful. I am not that caring. I talk about myself.
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This Man’s Words Will...
flaking silvery Brown cracked pepper holy cleft trunk limbs hanging by a friend thicket of an old unpruned apple
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Chaz Bono
American Celebrity
There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate.
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Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
As a child my life felt like an adventure, because my dad is such a fun guy. I had a brother and sister who were in and out of hospital a lot – one had a congenital heart problem and the other had a cleft palate. But my parents never stopped smiling.
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Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
There's too many sounds in the world! The sounds of the earth are terrible! The roots squeezing and jostling one another through the clefts, and the crashing of the acorn from the oak. The cry of the little birdeen in under the silence of the hawk!
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Alice Dreger
American Scientist
Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is generally bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for democracy. The only exceptions are when we know the intervention will actually reduce suffering, as with a primary cleft lip repair.
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Joe Murray
American Artist
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
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Norma McCorvey
American Celebrity
Patients would come in and say, Well, my baby is going to have a cleft palate. I'm going like, that's not a reason. And the doctor would do the abortion.
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Freddie Fox
English Actor
People want to see me as a posh square, so I'll play an East End drag queen or a young man with a cleft palate.
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Anne Lamott
American Author
For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.
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Chaz Bono
American Celebrity
There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they're mismatched. That's all it is. It's not complicated, it's not a neurosis. It's a mix-up. It's a birth defect, like a cleft palate.
Quote examples
Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
As a child my life felt like an adventure, because my dad is such a fun guy. I had a brother and sister who were in and out of hospital a lot – one had a congenital heart problem and the other had a cleft palate. But my parents never stopped smiling.
Quote examples
Lady Gregory
Irish Dramatist
There's too many sounds in the world! The sounds of the earth are terrible! The roots squeezing and jostling one another through the clefts, and the crashing of the acorn from the oak. The cry of the little birdeen in under the silence of the hawk!
Quote examples
Alice Dreger
American Scientist
Using medicine in the service of cosmesis is generally bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for democracy. The only exceptions are when we know the intervention will actually reduce suffering, as with a primary cleft lip repair.
Quote examples
Joe Murray
American Artist
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
Quote examples
Norma McCorvey
American Celebrity
Patients would come in and say, Well, my baby is going to have a cleft palate. I'm going like, that's not a reason. And the doctor would do the abortion.
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Freddie Fox
English Actor
People want to see me as a posh square, so I'll play an East End drag queen or a young man with a cleft palate.
Quote examples
Anne Lamott
American Author
For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother.
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