ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Reft

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɹɛft/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Reft is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of reave.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of reave.

More Meanings

  1. A chink; a rift.

Example Sentences

If thou mayest finde any shore, Or hole , or reft , what ever it were
At one time the summit was beautifully bathed in golden light, whilst the middle part was quite blue, and the snow of its peculiar blue-green colour in the refts. Some of the glaciers are very distinct to us, and with the telescope I can see the refts and corrugations of the different parts, and the edges from which avalanches have fallen […]

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Related dictionary entries include riva, rive, rime, reef, riffle, reaf.

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