Rift

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- ·p.p. of Rive.

II. Rift ·vi To Belch.

III. Rift ·noun A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

IV. Rift ·vi To burst open; to Split.

V. Rift ·noun An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.

VI. Rift ·vt To Cleave; to Rive; to Split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.