Cleft vs. Cliff

Cleftnoun

An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

Cleftnoun

A piece made by splitting.

Cleftnoun

A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Cleftverb

(linguistics) To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

Cleftadjective

split, divided, or partially divided into two.

Cleft

imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

Cleftadjective

Divided; split; partly divided or split.

Cleftadjective

Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.

Cleftnoun

A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.

Cleftnoun

A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

Cleftnoun

A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Cleftnoun

a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)

Cleftnoun

a long narrow opening

Cleftadjective

used of hooves

Cleftadjective

having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

Cleftverb

past participle of cleave

Cleftadjective

split, divided, or partially divided into two

Cleftnoun

a fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground

Cleftnoun

a vertical indentation in the middle of a person's forehead or chin

Cleftnoun

a deep division between two parts of the body.

Cliffnoun

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

Cliffnoun

A high, steep rock; a precipice.

Cliffnoun

See Clef.

Cliffnoun

a steep high face of rock;

Cliffnoun

a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea

Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity.