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- Dictionaryrift/rɪft/
noun
- 1. a crack, split, or break in something: "the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds" Similar
- 2. a serious break in friendly relations: "the rift between the two branches of the legal profession" Similar
verb
- 1. break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics: "the Indian landmass rifted from Madagascar about 90 million years ago"
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1. : cleave, divide. hills were rifted by the earthquake. 2. : penetrate. Synonyms. Noun. check. chink. cleft.
RIFT definition: 1. a large crack in the ground or in rock: 2. a serious disagreement that separates two people who…. Learn more.
noun. an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink. an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass, or a clear interval. a break in friendly relations: a rift between two people; a rift between two nations. Synonyms: estrangement, falling-out, rupture, breach.
A rift can arise between sisters over whose turn it is to do dishes; it can quickly heal when parents promise an ice cream trip when the dishes are done. The Earth's crust has rifts, where it's splitting apart, like in East Africa.
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart [1] [2] and is an example of extensional tectonics. [3] Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben with normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts mainly on one side. [4]
A rift between people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them having a good relationship.
RIFT meaning: 1. a large crack in the ground or in rock: 2. a serious disagreement that separates two people who…. Learn more.
1. a gap or space made by cleaving or splitting; fissure. 2. (Geological Science) geology a long narrow zone of faulting resulting from tensional stress in the earth's crust. 3. a gap between two cloud masses; break or chink: he saw the sun through a rift in the clouds.
rift. noun. /rɪft/. /rɪft/. a serious break in the relationship between people or organizations synonym breach, division. The rift within the party deepened. Efforts to heal the rift between the two countries have failed. Collocations International relations.
An opening caused by or as if by splitting; cleft; fissure. An open break in a previously friendly relationship. A large fault along which tectonic movement was mainly lateral. A shallow area in a waterway. A shallow, often rocky place in a stream, forming rapids. To burst open; split. To cause to split open or break.
