rift
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a gap between cloud masses
the sun shone through a rift in the clouds
Types & categories
- opening hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a narrow fissure in rock
Types & categories
- crack hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
they hoped to avoid a break in relations
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | crack |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sever |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | part |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | breakup |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | schism |