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| rift [ rift ] |
noun (plural rifts) |
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1. gap or break: a gap or break in something where it has split apart
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2. disagreement: a serious disagreement that disrupts good relations
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3. geology Same as faultn (sense 6)
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle rift·ed, present participle rift·ing, 3rd person present singular rifts) |
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split apart: to split apart, or make something split apart
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| [14th century. < N Germanic] |