rift
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[edit] Etymology 1
Of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse ript, throwing to the ground; compare Danish rift ‘chink’.
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rift (plural rifts)
- 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.
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to rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle rifting, simple past and past participle rifted)
- 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)
- (obsolete except Scotland and northern UK) To belch.
[edit] Scots
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse rypta.
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tae rift (third-person singular simple present rifts, present participle riftin, simple past riftit, past participle riftit)

