noun🔗ShareFente, fissureAn opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting."The hiker carefully stepped across the cleft in the rock, fearing he might fall. "Le randonneur a prudemment enjambé la fente dans le rocher, craignant de tomber.gapgeologyanatomypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFente, fissureA piece made by splitting."a cleft of wood"Une fente dans le bois.partmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCrevasse, gale de chevalA disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern."The vet diagnosed a cleft in the horse's pastern. "Le vétérinaire a diagnostiqué une gale de cheval sur le paturon du cheval.diseaseanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFendreTo syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."""It was the rain that cleft our picnic plans in two, forcing us to stay inside." "C'est la pluie qui a fendu nos projets de pique-nique en deux, nous forçant à rester à l'intérieur.grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFendre, couperTo split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument."The wings cleaved the foggy air."Les ailes fendaient l'air brumeux.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareClivageTo break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces."The jeweler carefully cleft the rough diamond crystal along its natural plane to reveal its inner brilliance. "Le joaillier a soigneusement pratiqué le clivage du cristal de diamant brut le long de son plan naturel pour révéler son éclat intérieur.materialsciencechemistryphysicstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFendre, couperTo make or accomplish by or as if by cutting."The truck cleaved a path through the ice."Le camion a fendu un chemin à travers la glace.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareClivé, scinderTo split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules."The enzyme cleft the large sugar molecule into two smaller, more easily digestible sugars. "L'enzyme a clivé la grosse molécule de sucre en deux sucres plus petits et plus facilement digestibles.chemistrybiologybiochemistryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFendre, fêlerTo split."The carpenter cleft the log with an axe. "Le charpentier fendit la bûche avec une hache.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe cliverOf a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division."The geologist carefully cleaved the quartz crystal along its natural cleft. "Le géologue a soigneusement clivé le cristal de quartz le long de sa fente naturelle.geologymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFendu, diviséSplit, divided, or partially divided into two."The rock climber carefully navigated the cleft mountain face. "L'alpiniste a navigué avec précaution sur la face fendue de la montagne.partappearancestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
