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clefting

clefting noun: the formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate. Also the present participle and gerund of cleft.

Noun

clefting (plural cleftings)

  1. The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
  2. The formation of a cleft sentence.

Also used as

clefting is also the present participle and gerund of cleft.

Forms of clefting

pluralcleftings

Origin of clefting

From cleft + -ing.

Words formed from clefting

Questions about clefting

What does clefting mean?
Clefting means the formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
What part of speech is clefting?
Clefting is a noun.
What is the plural of clefting?
The plural of clefting is cleftings.

Words near clefting in the dictionary

  1. clefted
  2. cleftgraft
  3. cleftgrafted
  4. cleftgrafting
  5. cleftgrafts
  6. clefting
  7. cleftings
  8. cleftkarren
  9. clefts
  10. clefts of Venus
  11. cleftstone

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