Definitions For Clift

Noun

{{enm-noun, cliftes}} A cleft; a fission, fissure, or split in something. A slash wound; an injury from an instance of slicing, cleaving, rupturing or cutting. The fork in one's legs or behind; a bodily cleft. (rare) A cliff or bank. (rare) A slicing for surgical reasons. (rare) A shard or piece of something.

Descendants

{{desc, en, cleft}} {{desc, sco, clift}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry= clift (n.) , id=MED8027 , accessdate=2018-07-31}}

Etymology

Inherited from {{inh, enm, ang, ġeclyft}}, from {{inh, enm, gem-pro, *kluftiz}}; equivalent to {{af, enm, cleven, -th}}.

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, clyft, clifte, clyfte}}