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1a fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground: the third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft
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a vertical indentation in the middle of a person’s forehead or chin: the enticing cleft in his chin
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a deep division between two parts of the body.
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2 (also cleft sentence) Grammar a sentence in which an element is emphasized by being put in a separate clause, with the use of an empty introductory word such as it or that, e.g. it’s money we want; it was today that I saw him; that was the King you were talking to.
