Rift

[Rift]

Rift sounds like rip, and it's helpful to think of it that way. When there is a rift in a political party over a particular policy, it is like a rip or tear in the fabric of the group.

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p. p. of Rive.

Noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

Noun
a narrow fissure in rock

Noun
a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"

p. p. of Rive.

n.
An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.

n.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

v. t.
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.

v. i.
To burst open; to split.

v. i.
To belch.

Rift

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

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.

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.

Rift

Rift, v. i. 1. To burst open; to split. Shak.

Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance.

2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

p. p. of Rive.

An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.

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

To burst open; to split.

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