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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cleft \Cleft\ (kl[e^]ft), imp. & p. p. from {Cleave}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cleft \Cleft\, a. 1. Divided; split; partly divided or split. 2. (Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as a cleft leaf. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cleft \Cleft\, n. [OE. clift; cf Sw klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl["o]ft, G. kluft See {Cleave} to split and cf 2d {Clift}, 1st {Clough}.] 1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as the cleft of a rock. --Is. ii 21. 2. A piece made by splitting; as a cleft of wood. 3. (Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. {Branchial clefts}. See under {Branchial}. Syn: Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cleft adj 1: used of hooves [syn: {cloven}, {bisulcate}] 2: having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib [syn: {dissected}] n 1: a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) 2: a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {crevice}, {fissure}, {scissure}]
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