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.
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O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak.
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2. To part or open naturally; to divide.
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Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv.
6.
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Cloven
\Clo"ven\ (kl[=o]"v'n), p. p. & a.
from
Cleave, v. t.
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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.
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