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rifts

rifts is the plural of rift.

rifts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rift.

Meaning of rift

Noun

rift (plural rifts)

  1. A chasm or fissure.
    • The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.
  2. (figuratively) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
    • My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.
  3. A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
    • I have but one rift in the darkness, that is that I have injured no one save myself by my folly, and that the extent of that folly you will never learn.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 130
  4. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

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Questions about rifts

What is rifts the plural of?
Rifts is the plural of rift.

Words near rifts in the dictionary

  1. rifting
  2. riftings
  3. riftless
  4. riftlike
  5. Rifton
  6. rifts
  7. riftsawn
  8. rifty
  9. rifugi
  10. rifugio
  11. rifugios

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