rift

n. நிலப்பிளவு, பாறை வெடிப்பு, பிளவு, வெடிப்பு., கீறல், மேகத்தில் இடைவௌத, (வினை) பிள, வெடி, பிளந்து இரு வேறாக்கு.

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Rift, obs. Defn: p. p. of Rive. Spenser. Rift, n. [Written also reft.] Etym: [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See Rive.] 1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Spenser. 2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford. Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.] Defn: To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth. Rift, v. i. 1. To burst open; to split. Shak. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon. 2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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