rift

rift
I (disagreement) noun argument, break, clash, contention, controversy, difference, disceptation, dispute, estrangement, fight, misunderstanding, parting, split, variance II (gap) noun aperture, breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, disjunction, fault, fissure, fracture, gash, hiatus, interstice, opening, parting, rent, rima, rupture, scissure, separation, split III index alienation (estrangement), disaccord, disassociation, dissension, estrangement, flaw, hiatus, schism, split, strife

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  • rift — [ rift ] n. m. • 1942; mot angl., abrév. de rift valley « fossé d effondrement » ♦ Géogr. Fossé tectonique long de plusieurs centaines ou de plusieurs milliers de kilomètres, correspondant à une zone de fracture de l écorce terrestre. Les grands… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • RIFT — Entwickler Trion Wor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rift — [ rıft ] noun count 1. ) a disagreement between two people or groups: rift between: After the war a serious rift developed between the two former allies. rift with: The government denied there had been a rift with the UN. heal the rift (=end a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Rift — bezeichnet: Grabenbruch, Riftzone, ein Begriff aus dem Bereich der Plattentektonik Rift (Sprache). südkuschitische Sprache Riftbrett, im Radialschnitt gesägte Bretter (Winkel zwischen Jahresringen und Brettseiten 60°–90°) RIFT, ein Online… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rift — RIFT, rifturi, s.n. (geol.) Şir de rupturi ale scoarţei terestre sub fundul oceanelor. ♦ Fisură în sol făcută de un râu. – Din fr., engl. rift. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  RIFT s.n. (geol.) Şir de rupturi ale scoarţei… …   Dicționar Român

  • rift — [rıft] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language] 1.) a situation in which two people or groups have had a serious disagreement and begun to dislike and not trust each other = ↑split rift between/with ▪ Party officials have denied… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Rift — Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifting}.] To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rift — Rift, n. [Written also {reft}.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See {Rive}.] 1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rift — (n.) c.1300, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Dan., Norw. rift a cleft, O.Icel. ript (pronounced rift ) breach; related to O.N. ripa to break a contract (see RIVEN (Cf. riven)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • rift — rift; rift·er; rift·less; …   English syllables

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