Read full poem →And teach th' obedient branches where to spring.
Now the cleft rind inserted grafts receives,
And yields an offspring more than nature gives;
Dictionary Entry
An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
Origin
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Common Phrases
palate cleftlip cleft. cleftbetween cleftcleft synapticcleft branchialcleft deep
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Poetry examples for “cleft”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →In the storm the shores;
As a greave is cleft with an arrow
At the joint of the knee,
Read full poem →When I stamp my hoof
The frozen-cloud-specks jam into the cleft
So that I reel upon two slippery points....
Read full poem →And my skull is too thick
To be cleft with such cuffs
Of a sword. Now a lick
Read full poem →Six hours alone, athirst, in misery:
At length in death one smote My heart and cleft
A hiding-place for thee.
Read full poem →Before new nestlings sing,
Before cleft swallows speed their journey back
Along the trackless track,--
Read full poem →It parteth from the tide,
It standeth upright in the cleft moonlight,
It sitteth at her side.
Read full poem →Tell me where all past years are,
Or who cleft the Devil's foot,
Teach me to hear mermaids singing,
Read full poem →When I stamp my hoof
The frozen-cloud-specks jam into the cleft
So that I reel upon two slippery points....