English-Finnish translations for cleft

Definition of cleft

  • An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting
  • A piece made by splitting
  • A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern
  • 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
  • split, divided, or partially divided into two

Examples

  • a cleft of wood

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