I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cleft lip
cleft palate
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cleft in the granite cliff
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above, the cleft was barred by vertical walls forming a difficult obstacle, demanding care and attention.
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An action potential in the presynaptic neuron releases neurotransmitter into the cleft .
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No-one lives up here in the cleft of the White Kielder Burn.
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Rain looked down into the steep cleft of another valley.
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Slice was perched along the sides of a cleft in the mountains that couldn't be dignified by the name of valley.
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The entire site looks across the valley to a further cleft in the mountains.
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This mountain may possess other features, but the double peak or notched cleft remains constant.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
palate
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Once here he will have an operation to repair a cleft palate by plastic surgeon Charles Viva.
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Katya was born with a bilateral hare lip and cleft palate .
stick
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The cleft stick plight which is his current political position is displayed most vividly over Mr Heseltine's coal mine dilemma.
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So the developing countries are caught in a cleft stick .
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Now the local authorities are caught in a cleft stick , hostages to their own political process.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For various examples of cleft and pseudo-cleft structures, see sections 5.1.1.3 and 5.1.2.1 of this chapter.
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Once here he will have an operation to repair a cleft palate by plastic surgeon Charles Viva.
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The cleft stick plight which is his current political position is displayed most vividly over Mr Heseltine's coal mine dilemma.