ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCcleft
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cleft
Meaning: split or divided into two parts
cleft in a sentence
How cleft is used in real sentences:
The goat balanced easily on its narrow, cleft hooves.
A cleft ridge divided the leaf into two pointed lobes.
“At a carcass site, an exhausted elk lay prostrate in snow; beyond it, each cleft hoofprint held twin beads of meltwater.”
— from the passage The Valley Remembers
Synonyms for cleft
Other words for cleft — split, divided and bifurcated — carry the same meaning.
- split
- divided
- bifurcated
Antonyms of cleft
Words that mean the opposite of cleft:
- whole
- intact
- unbroken
Where it comes from
From Old English clēofan, meaning 'to split.'
Memory hook
CLEFT sounds like 'cleaved': split into separate parts.