1. a narrow opening or crack, especially in rock or the ground
2. a split or division in something

1. split or divided into two parts

Examples

• Water trickled through a cleft in the rock.
• The climbers squeezed through the narrow cleft.
• There was a deep cleft in the mountainside.
• The cleft in his chin was barely visible.
• She has a cleft palate that requires surgery.
• The cleft stick held the message securely.
• Lightning created a cleft in the old oak tree.