rifting
present participle of rift
Source: Wiktionary
Rift, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Rive. Spenser.
Rift, n. [Written also reft.] Etym: [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See Rive.]
1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Spenser.
2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.]
Definition: To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth.
Rift, v. i.
1. To burst open; to split. Shak. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon.
2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
