clefting

English

Etymology

From cleft ‎ -ing.

Noun

clefting (plural cleftings)

1. (medicine) The formation of a cleft lip or cleft palate.
2. (linguistics) The formation of a cleft sentence.

Derived terms

• pseudoclefting

 

Related terms

• cleaving

Verb

clefting

1. present participle and gerund of cleft