Definition of "cleft" []

• A past tense and a past participle of cleave1. (verb)
• Divided; split. (adjective)
• Botany Having indentations that extend about halfway to the center, as in certain leaves. (adjective)
• A crack, crevice, or split. (noun)
• A split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin. (noun)

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• "Clinical outcomes in cleft lip and palate surgery."
• "We have obtained some of Mr. Jackson's excess body tissues (particularly from the chin cleft area) and have extracted DNA from these tissues."
• "In other words, any derivative work cleft from the rib of Facebook must visibly bear the mark of the “Initial Developer”, namely, Facebook, Inc., and include the following:"