rift

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 2 Scots 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪft/

  Rhymes: -ɪft

[edit] Etymology 1

Of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse ript, throwing to the ground; compare Danish rift ‘chink’.

[edit] Noun

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rift (plural rifts)

1. A chasm or fissure.

   My marriage is in trouble, the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect.

   The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: rako, halkeama, repeämä

[edit] Verb

to rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle rifting, simple past and past participle rifted)

1. To form a rift.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse rypta.

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to rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle rifting, simple past and past participle rifted)

1. (obsolete except Scotland and northern UK) To belch.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse rypta.

[edit] Verb

tae rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle riftin, simple past riftit, past participle riftit)

1. to belch, burp