cleft

Main Entry:
cleft [kleft]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: separated, split
Synonyms: broken, cloven, cracked, crannied, crenelated, parted, perforated, pierced, rent, riven, ruptured, separated, sundered, torn
Antonyms: joined, joint, united
Main Entry: cleave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: divide, split
Synonyms: carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack
Antonyms: join, meld, unite
Main Entry: cleave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stand by, stick together
Synonyms: abide by, adhere, agree, associate, attach, be devoted to, be tight with, be true, cling, cohere, combine, freeze to, hold, join, link, remain, stay put, unite
Main Entry: aperture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hole
Synonyms: breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent
Main Entry: breach
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gap
Synonyms: aperture, break, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, discontinuity, fissure, hole, opening, rent, rift, rupture, slit, split
Notes: breach is an infraction, gap, or break; breech is the rear or lower portion of things
Antonyms: bridge, connection
Main Entry: break
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fissure, opening
Synonyms: breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear
Notes: to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack
Antonyms: association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture
Main Entry: chasm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gap, abyss
Synonyms: abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn
Antonyms: closure, junction, juncture
Main Entry: chink
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opening
Synonyms: aperture, cleft, crack, crevice, cut, fissure, gap, hole, rift, slit, slot, space
Main Entry: cleavage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gap
Synonyms: break, chasm, cleft, discontinuity, divide, division, fracture, hole, rift, schism, separation, severance, split, valley
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