p.p. of rive.
2. rift ·vi to belch.
3. rift ·noun a shallow place in a stream; a ford.
4. rift ·vi to burst open; to split.
5. rift ·noun an opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
6. rift ·vt to cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.