How do you use Cleft in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cloven or opening, plus the exact meaning.
Cleft meaning
- An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
- A piece made by splitting.
- A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
Synonyms of Cleft
Using Cleft
- The main meaning on this page is: An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. | A piece made by splitting. | A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
- Useful related words include: cloven, opening, scissure, fissure.
- In the example corpus, cleft often appears in combinations such as: synaptic cleft, cleft palate, cleft lip.
Context around Cleft
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cleft
- In this selection, "cleft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, orofacial, includes, disease, lip, palate and grafts stand out and add context to how "cleft" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include with a cleft lip and and a cleft can affect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cleft" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cleft
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A cleft can affect both males and females. (8 words)
In Beirut, he set up a cleft care programme for refugee children. (12 words)
Glutamate is excreted by nerve into the synaptic cleft, where it excites the adjacent neuron. (15 words)
Various kinds of graft are used—flat grafts, where both scion and stock are of similar diameters, and cleft grafts, where a smaller scion is inserted into a cleft made in the stock.sfn Commercially, huge numbers of cacti are produced annually. (42 words)
American filmmaker Megan Mylan’s short documentary narrates the tale of how a poor village girl called Pinki becomes a social outcast owing to her cleft lip, till her life changes after a meeting with a social worker. (38 words)
Among this year’s featured animals are Julius (a hearing-impaired Dalmatian), Marmalade (a sight and hearing-impaired Border Collie/ Australian Cattle Dog) and Mykonos (an American Staffordshire Terrier/ Bulldog with a cleft palate). (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip and cleft palate or the two occurring together.
During the camp, awareness sessions regarding deformities related to crooked legs, congenital heart disease, cleft lip, cleft palate and deaf-mute (0 to 5 years) were held.
Operation Smile provides reconstructive facial surgery to indigent children and young adults born with cleft lip and cleft palate deformity.
Various kinds of graft are used—flat grafts, where both scion and stock are of similar diameters, and cleft grafts, where a smaller scion is inserted into a cleft made in the stock.sfn Commercially, huge numbers of cacti are produced annually.
A cleft can affect both males and females.
Among this year’s featured animals are Julius (a hearing-impaired Dalmatian), Marmalade (a sight and hearing-impaired Border Collie/ Australian Cattle Dog) and Mykonos (an American Staffordshire Terrier/ Bulldog with a cleft palate).
Said a proud mother, Tshilidzi Mukwevho: “Khuthadzo was born with a cleft lip and palate, which required a reconstructive surgery.
Sargent Plastic Surgery held a cleft and craniofacial picnic for patients and families on Saturday afternoon.
Bioethicists have also reviewed the hospital’s informed consent procedures, leading administrators to make changes to its cleft consent policies and consider hospitalwide changes.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital cares for children born with a cleft palate from across the West Midlands.
Hannah added: “As Cooper grew, I would take him to baby groups and on walks and people would comment on his cleft saying what a shame it was and asking when his surgery was.
In Beirut, he set up a cleft care programme for refugee children.
In Finland, newborns are screened for possible ASA cleft so that the risk of disease can be determined before symptoms develop.
One in 700 babies in the UK are born with a cleft lip and/or palate - that’s more than 1,200 babies each year.
Speaking on the surgeries done, Ogundipe said 11 patients with cleft lips were undergoing surgery to repair the deformity.
American filmmaker Megan Mylan’s short documentary narrates the tale of how a poor village girl called Pinki becomes a social outcast owing to her cleft lip, till her life changes after a meeting with a social worker.
Glutamate is excreted by nerve into the synaptic cleft, where it excites the adjacent neuron.
Health practitioners in Nigeria have called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to boost cleft lip and palate treatment in the country.
Partners play a vital role in helping create awareness and ensuring an end-to-end seamless execution of the cleft surgeries.
Wendy accepted responsibility pretty quickly this time, apologizing and even putting her money where her mouth gestures were, donating to Operation Smile and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association in Beau’s honor.
Common combinations with cleft
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- synaptic cleft 17×
- cleft palate 15×
- cleft lip 10×
- with cleft 8×
- and cleft 6×
- the cleft 4×
- cleft and 3×
- cleft in 3×
- cleft is 2×
- cleft care 2×