How would you like to use PONS.com?

Already PONS Pur or PONS Translate Pro subscriber?

PONS with ads

Go to PONS.com as usual with ad tracking and advertisements

You can find details of tracking in Information about data protection and under Privacy settings.

PONS Pur

without advertising by third parties

without ad tracking

Subscribe now

If you already have a user account for PONS.com, then you can subscribe to PONS Pur .

We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent and legitimate interest. You may exercise your right to consent or object to a legitimate interest, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework.

Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.

Advertising and content can be personalised based on your profile. Your activity on this service can be used to build or improve a profile about you for personalised advertising and content. Advertising and content performance can be measured. Reports can be generated based on your activity and those of others. Your activity on this service can help develop and improve products and services.

Legal noticeData protectionPrivacy settings
复写纸
w niezręcznej sytuacji
I. cleft1 [kleft] ADJ
in a cleft stick Brit
w niezręcznej sytuacji
II. cleft1 [kleft] N
1. cleft (in rock):
cleft
szczelina f
2. cleft (in chin):
cleft
dołek m
cleft2 [kleft] VB
cleft pt, pp of cleave 1
cleave2 <-d [or clave], -d> [kli:v] VB trans (stick to)
to cleave to sth
trwać przy czymś
he cleaves to his ideals
jest wierny swoim ideałom
cleave1 <-d, -d [or cleft, cleft] [or clove, cloven]> [kli:v] VB trans liter
1. cleave (cut):
cleave
łupać [perf roz-]
2. cleave (divide):
cleave
dzielić [perf po-]
3. cleave (move through):
cleave air
przeszywać [perf przeszyć]
cleave waves
pruć
cleft palate N MED
cleft palate
rozszczep m podniebienia
cleave1 <-d, -d [or cleft, cleft] [or clove, cloven]> [kli:v] VB trans liter
1. cleave (cut):
cleave
łupać [perf roz-]
2. cleave (divide):
cleave
dzielić [perf po-]
3. cleave (move through):
cleave air
przeszywać [perf przeszyć]
cleave waves
pruć
cleave2 <-d [or clave], -d> [kli:v] VB trans (stick to)
to cleave to sth
trwać przy czymś
he cleaves to his ideals
jest wierny swoim ideałom
Present
Icleft
youcleft
he/she/itclefts
wecleft
youcleft
theycleft
Past
Iclefted
youclefted
he/she/itclefted
weclefted
youclefted
theyclefted
Present Perfect
Ihaveclefted
youhaveclefted
he/she/ithasclefted
wehaveclefted
youhaveclefted
theyhaveclefted
Past Perfect
Ihadclefted
youhadclefted
he/she/ithadclefted
wehadclefted
youhadclefted
theyhadclefted
See further verb tables
PONS OpenDict

Would you like to add a word, a phrase or a translation?

We'd love you to send us a new entry for PONS OpenDict. The submitted suggestions are reviewed by the PONS editorial team and incorporated into the results accordingly.

Add entry
Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
in a cleft stick Brit
w niezręcznej sytuacji
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
This peptide is cleaved from a longer precursor with a signal peptide and a glutamine-rich propeptide.
en.wikipedia.org
The enzyme specifically cleaves ubiquitin from ubiquitin-conjugated protein substrates.
en.wikipedia.org
The term bond dissociation energy refers to the amount of energy required to cleave a bond.
en.wikipedia.org
It is cleaved into cysteine and -ketobutyrate by cystathionine gamma-lyase.
en.wikipedia.org
The protein is expressed as a single chain precursor which is proteolytically cleaved into a trimer of alpha, beta, and gamma chains prior to secretion.
en.wikipedia.org

Browse the dictionary

Look up "cleft" in other languages

English
Portuguese
English
Russian
English
Bulgarian
English
Serbian
English
Arabic
English
German
English
French
English
Italian
English
Chinese
English
Spanish
English
Slovenian