rift.
A chasm or fissure.
Meaning & usage
A chasm or fissure.
The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.
A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.
A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.
To form a rift; to split open.
To cleave; to rive; to split.
to rift an oak
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.
To belch.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse rypta.
past participle of rive
The mightie trunck halfe rent, with ragged rift Doth roll adowne the rocks, and fall with fearefull drift.
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