RIFT

Rift

In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.

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rift

Noun

  1. A chasm or fissure.
    My marriage is in trouble, the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.
    The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.
  2. A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
  3. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Verb

  1. To form a rift.
  2. To cleave; to rive; to split.
    to rift an oak

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To belch.

Verb (etymology 3)

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