The meaning of Crevice

noun

An opening, hole, or gap.

Usage examples:

The bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling

noun

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

Usage examples:

A breach of confidence

verb

Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).

Usage examples:

The river breached its bank

noun

A narrow opening, typically one that admits light.

Usage examples:

A chink in the curtains

verb

Make or cause to make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together.

Usage examples:

The chain joining the handcuffs chinked

noun

A high-pitched ringing sound.

Usage examples:

The chink of glasses

adjective

Past and past participle of cleave1.

noun

A fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground.

Usage examples:

The third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft

verb

Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Usage examples:

The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire

noun

A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart.

Usage examples:

A hairline crack down the middle of the glass

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Usage examples:

The ice all over the bog had cracked

adjective

Very good or skilful.

Usage examples:

He is a crack shot

noun

A small, narrow space or opening.

Usage examples:

Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark

noun

A small, narrow opening in something solid

Usage examples:

There were small plants growing in every nook and cranny of the wall.

noun

A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

Usage examples:

The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor

verb

Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.

Usage examples:

The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs

noun

A deep crack, esp. one in rock or ice or in the ground

noun

An opening, hole, or passage, especially in a bone.

Usage examples:

Olfactory nerve fibers enter the cranial cavity through foramina in the cribriform plate of the eth…

noun

A natural passage in the body, especially into a bone

noun

The cracking or breaking of a hard object or material.

Usage examples:

Ground movements could cause fracture of the pipe

verb

Break or cause to break.

Usage examples:

The stone has fractured

verb

To crack or break something, esp. a bone

Usage examples:

[ t ] she fractured her skull in the accident., [ i ] this mineral fractures along straight lines.,…

noun

A break or hole in an object or between two objects.

Usage examples:

He peeped through the gap in the curtains

noun

An empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things

Usage examples:

Picking up speed, she closed the gap between them., she has a gap between her front teeth., after a…

noun

A difference between two numbers, amounts, or levels

Usage examples:

Forecasters are predicting a budget gap of nearly $17 bn next year., there is a $40 million shortfa…

noun

A long, deep cut or wound.

Usage examples:

A bad gash in one leg became infected

verb

Make a long, deep cut in.

Usage examples:

The jagged edges gashed their fingers

noun

Rubbish or waste.

Usage examples:

The gash bucket

noun

A long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material.

Usage examples:

And that is why we are having a very hard look at the grooves on club-faces right now.

verb

Make a groove or grooves in.

Usage examples:

Deep lines grooved her face

noun

A long, narrow, hollow space cut into a surface

Usage examples:

The window slides along a groove in the frame.

noun

A pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.

Usage examples:

There was a brief hiatus in the war with france

noun

A short pause in which nothing happens, or a space where something no longer is

Usage examples:

Peace talks resumed this week after a five-month hiatus.

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

noun

An intervening space, especially a very small one.

Usage examples:

Sunshine filtered through the interstices of the arching trees

noun

A space between things or events

Usage examples:

The wall was old and crumbling with plants growing in the interstices between/in/of the bricks., a …

noun

A corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security.

Usage examples:

The nook beside the fire

noun

A small space that is hidden or partly sheltered

noun

A space or gap that allows passage or access.

Usage examples:

An opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke

adjective

Coming at the beginning of something; initial.

Usage examples:

She stole the show with her opening remark

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

noun

An opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus.

Usage examples:

On the left there was an obstructing lesion noted at the orifice of the left upper lobe bronchus.

noun

An opening or hole, especially one in the body, such as the mouth

Usage examples:

Humorous i was stuffing cake into every available orifice., formal the driver was bleeding from eve…

noun

A hole made by boring or piercing.

Usage examples:

The perforations allow water to enter the well

noun

A hole in something

Usage examples:

A tea bag is full of tiny perforations., one possible complication of colonoscopy is a perforation …

noun

A minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles may pass.

Usage examples:

It helps get rid of stubborn acne and can also prevent breakouts and clogged pores

verb

Be absorbed in reading or studying (something).

Usage examples:

I spent hours poring over cookery books

verb

Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid

noun

A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.

Usage examples:

I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat

verb

Pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car).

Usage examples:

They rented a house together in sussex

noun

A large tear in a piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

Eddie was dismayed by the rent in the roof of the tent

noun

A crack, split, or break in something.

Usage examples:

The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds

verb

Break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.

Usage examples:

The indian landmass rifted from madagascar about 90 million years ago

noun

Something that divides partners or friends

Usage examples:

The border dispute caused a rift between canada and the us.

verb

(especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.

Usage examples:

If the main artery ruptures he could die

noun

An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

A small hairline crack could develop into a rupture

verb

To burst or break, or to cause something to burst or break

Usage examples:

[ i ] high winds caused the oil tank to rupture., there is a rupture in confidence in government.

noun

Abbreviation for single column inch

noun

A long, narrow cut or opening.

Usage examples:

Make a slit in the stem under a bud

verb

Make a long, narrow cut in.

Usage examples:

Give me the truth or i will slit your throat

noun

A long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted.

Usage examples:

He slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox

verb

Place (an object) into a slot, typically one specifically designed to receive it.

Usage examples:

He slotted a cassette into the tape machine

noun

The track of a deer, as visible in soft ground.

Usage examples:

Deer slots can be confused with those of sheep and goats

noun

A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.

Usage examples:

A table took up much of the space

verb

Position (two or more items) at a distance from one another.

Usage examples:

The poles are spaced 3m apart

noun

An empty place

Usage examples:

[ c ] a parking/storage space, [ u ] he was staring into space, seeing nothing., [ c ] out west the…

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

noun

An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.

Usage examples:

Remove any debris blocking the vents

verb

Give free expression to (a strong emotion).

Usage examples:

We vent our spleen on drug barons

noun

An opening or slit in a garment, especially in the lower part of the seam at the back of a coat.

Usage examples:

It's made from super 120's italian wool and features a three-button closure, side vents and picksti…