rift

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A chasm or fissure.
2. A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
3. A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
4. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Verb

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

Verb

To belch.

Verb

past participle of rive

Sinônimos

crack

fissure

split

cleft

crevice

gap

breach

break

slot

rupture

rent

fracture

chink

slit

cleavage

chap

hole

🕳️

cut

chasm

falling out

incision

severance

dissension

interstice

cranny

notch

gulf

schism

disagreement

tear

impair

interruption

interval

opening

pause

placket

quarrel

rapture

rift valley

rip

ripped

rive

rut

scissure

section

splinter

vein

window

🪟

incisura

flying-off

rift trough

out-break

failure breaking

midocean rift

fish mouthing

tiar

part

central valley

abruption

alienation

aperture

areola

breakage

breakdown

breakthrough

check

chip

cleave

collapsing

cracking

craze

crevasse

difference of opinion

discord

distortion

disunion

disunity

ditch

divide

end

🔚

estrangement

failure

fault

flaw

fragmentation

half

hiatus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹɪft/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: rift

Cognato com dinamarquês: rift

Cognato com bokmål norueguês: rift

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: rífa

In summary

From Middle English rift, of North Germanic origin; akin to Danish rift, Norwegian Bokmål rift (“breach”), Old Norse rífa (“to tear”). More at rive.