rifts

We have found lemma(root) word of rifts : rift.

Definitions


[rɪft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a crack, split, or break in something
(e.g: the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds)

- a serious break in friendly relations
(e.g: the rift between the two branches of the legal profession)


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Origin:
Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift ‘cleft, chink’


[rɪft], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics
(e.g: the Indian landmass rifted from Madagascar about 90 million years ago)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift ‘cleft, chink’




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