Definition of rift

noun (n)

• a gap between cloud masses (noun.object)

  Example:
  The sun shone through a rift in the clouds.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a narrow fissure in rock (noun.object)

  source: wordnet30
• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) (noun.event)

  Synonym: breach, break, falling out, rupture, severance
  

  source: wordnet30
• An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To burst open; to split. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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