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Definition of 'rift'Etymology 1
Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish/Norwegian '' 'breach', Old Norse ''rífa 'to tear'. More at rive.
Noun
( en-noun)
A chasm or fissure.
- My marriage is in trouble, the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.
- The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.
A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, page 130:
- I have but one rift in the darkness, that is that I have injured no one save myself by my folly, and that the extent of that folly you will never learn.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
Verb
( en-verb)
To form a .
To cleave; to rive; to split.
- to rift an oak
* Wordsworth
- To dwell these rifted rocks between.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rypta.
Etymology 3
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