cleft in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for cleft in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cleft¹ [Brit klɛft, Am klɛft] VB pp

cleft → cleave

II.cleft¹ [Brit klɛft, Am klɛft] ADJ

cleft chin:

cleft

con una fossetta

III.cleft¹ [Brit klɛft, Am klɛft]

to be in a cleft stick

essere fra l'incudine e il martello

See also cleave¹, cleave²

I.cleave¹ <pt clove, cleaved, pp cleft, cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB trans

1. cleave liter:

cleave

fendere

to cleave sth in two

spaccare qc in due

2. cleave GEOL:

cleave stone

spaccare

II.cleave¹ <pt clove, cleaved, pp cleft, cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB intr

cleave

fendersi

cleave

spaccarsi

cleave² <pt cleaved, clave, pp cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB intr liter

to cleave to (be loyal to)

rimanere fedele a

to cleave to (stick to)

aderire, stare attaccato a

cleft² [Brit klɛft, Am klɛft] N

cleft

fenditura f

cleft

spaccatura f

cleft GEOL

crepaccio m

cleft palate [Brit, Am ˈklɛft ˈpælət] N

cleft palate

palatoschisi f

I.cleave¹ <pt clove, cleaved, pp cleft, cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB trans

1. cleave liter:

cleave

fendere

to cleave sth in two

spaccare qc in due

2. cleave GEOL:

cleave stone

spaccare

II.cleave¹ <pt clove, cleaved, pp cleft, cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB intr

cleave

fendersi

cleave

spaccarsi

cleave² <pt cleaved, clave, pp cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB intr liter

to cleave to (be loyal to)

rimanere fedele a

to cleave to (stick to)

aderire, stare attaccato a

Translations for cleft in the Italian»English Dictionary

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palatoschisi

cleft palate

labbro leporino MED

cleft lip

crepaccio (nelle rocce)

cleft

fenditura

cleft

spaccatura (su asse, piatto, superficie)

cleft

cleft in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cleft in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cleft <inv> [kleft] ADJ

cleft

solcato, -a

cleft lip

leporino, -a

II.cleft [kleft] N

cleft

crepaccio f

I.cleave <-ed [or cleft] [or clove], -ed [or cleft] [or cloven]> [kli:v] VB intr liter

cleave

fendersi

II.cleave <-ed [or cleft] [or clove], -ed [or cleft] [or cloven]> [kli:v] VB trans

cleave

fendere

Translations for cleft in the Italian»English Dictionary

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labbro leporino MED

cleft lip

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is possible that facial clefts are caused by a disorder in the migration of neural crest cells.

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The dorsal membrane forms a shallow cleft at the junction with the stalk.

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This patch is connected with a small brown triangular shade before the cleft.

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Its three-dimensional structure consists of two distinct structural domains with a cleft between them.

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A brief crater chain forms a cleft in the western inner face.

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These clefts are quite similar to the midline clefts, but they are further away from the midline of the face.

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Both animals have serrated teeth with rounded projections called denticles, and sharp clefts between the denticles called diaphyses.

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This changes the active site from an open cleft in the apo-enzyme into a nearly solvent inaccessible pocket.

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The nucleus of a reactive lymphocyte can be round, elliptic, indented, cleft or folded.

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A follow-up study of cleft children treated with vomer flap as part of a three-stage soft tissue surgical procedure.

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