Found 2 items, similar to cloven.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cloven cloven See cleave cleave v 1: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; “cleave the bone” [syn: split, rive] 2: make by cutting into; “The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock” 3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; “The dress clings to her body”; “The label stuck to the box”; “The sushi rice grains cohere” [syn: cling, adhere, stick, cohere] [also: cloven, clove, cleft] cloven adj : used of hooves [syn: cleft, bisulcate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cloven Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [1913 Webster] O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. [1913 Webster] Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Cloven \Clo"ven\ (kl[=o]"v'n), p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t. [1913 Webster] To show the cloven foot or To show the cloven hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs. [1913 Webster]