clift

== English == === Etymology === Variant form of cliff, influenced by cleft. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /klɪft/ Rhymes: -ɪft === Noun === clift (plural clifts) (obsolete) A cliff. [14th–19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === clyft, clifte, clyfte === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz; equivalent to cleven +‎ -th. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klift/ === Noun === clift (plural cliftes) A cleft; a fission, fissure, or split in something. A slash wound; an injury from an instance of slicing, cleaving, rupturing or cutting. The fork in one's legs or behind; a bodily cleft. (rare) A cliff or bank. (rare) A slicing for surgical reasons. (rare) A shard or piece of something. ==== Descendants ==== English: cleft Scots: clift ==== References ==== “clift, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 July 2018.