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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rift \Rift\, obs.
     p. p. of Rive. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
     rend. See Rive.]
     1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
        fissure. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rift \Rift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rifting.]
     To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock;
     to rift the clouds. --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To dwell these rifted rocks between.     --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Rift \Rift\, v. i.
     1. To burst open; to split. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rift \Rift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rifting.]
     To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock;
     to rift the clouds. --Longfellow.
  
           To dwell these rifted rocks between.     --Wordsworth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rift \Rift\, v. i.
     1. To burst open; to split. --Shak.
  
              Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. --Bacon.
  
     2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
     rend. See Rive.]
     1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
        fissure. --Spenser.
  
     2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Rift \Rift\, obs.
     p. p. of Rive. --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  rift
       n 1: a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in
            the clouds"
       2: a narrow fissure in rock
       3: a personal or social separation (as between opposing
          factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
          [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, falling
          out]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     Αγγλικά n.
     ρήγμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     n.
     1 A chasm or fissure.
     2 A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
     3 A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun; to split open.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.
     vb.
     (past participle of en rive nocat=1)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en rip), (l en tear) (q: in fabric)
     2 a (l en break) (q: in the clouds)
     3 a (l en scratch) (q: on skin, paint)
     4 a (l en rift) (lb nb geology)
     Old English n.
     a veil; curtain; cloak
     Scots vb.
     to belch, burp

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     n.
     1 A chasm or fissure.
     2 A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
     3 A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun; to split open.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.
     vb.
     (past participle of en rive nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     n.
     1 A chasm or fissure.
     2 A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
     3 A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun; to split open.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.
     vb.
     (past participle of en rive nocat=1)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en rip), (l en tear) (q: in fabric)
     2 a (l en break) (q: in the clouds)
     3 a (l en scratch) (q: on skin, paint)
     4 a (l en rift) (lb nb geology)
     Old English n.
     a veil; curtain; cloak

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     n.
     1 A chasm or fissure.
     2 A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
     3 A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To form a #Noun; to split open.
     2 (lb en transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.
     vb.
     (past participle of en rive nocat=1)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en rip), (l en tear) (q: in fabric)
     2 a (l en break) (q: in the clouds)
     3 a (l en scratch) (q: on skin, paint)
     4 a (l en rift) (lb nb geology)
     Old English n.
     a veil; curtain; cloak

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     Englanti n.
     1 repeämä, railo
     2 erimielisyys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  rift
     Engelska n.
     1 gravsänka
     2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) klyfta
     Engelska vb.
     klyva, splittra

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Rift /rˈɪft/ 
   [geol.] graben , rift valley , rift 
     Synonyms: Grabenbruch, Riftzone
  
   see: Grabenbrüche, Riftzonen, Rifts

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Rift /ɹˈɪft/
  الشقّة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  rift //ɹɪft// 
  цепнатина
  chasm or fissure

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rift /ɹˈɪft/ 
  rozpor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  rift /ɹˈɪft/ 
  trhlina