cleave : Idioms & Phrases

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branchial cleft

  • noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
    gill slit; branchial cleft.
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cleft foot

  • noun a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot
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cleft lip

  • noun a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip
    cheiloschisis; harelip.
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cleft palate

  • noun a congenital fissure of the hard palate
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cleft-footed

Cleft"-foot`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a cloven foot.
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clove hitch

  • noun a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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clove oil

  • noun essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines
    oil of cloves.
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clove pink

  • noun Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
    Dianthus caryophyllus; gillyflower; carnation.
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clove tree

  • noun moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
    clove; Syzygium aromaticum; Eugenia caryophyllatum; Eugenia aromaticum.
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clove-scented

  • adjective satellite smelling of clove
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cloven foot

  • noun the mark of Satan
    cloven foot.
  • noun a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)
    cloven foot.
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cloven hoof

  • noun the mark of Satan
    cloven foot.
  • noun a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)
    cloven foot.
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cloven-footed

  • adjective of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
    cloven-footed.
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Clo"ven-foot`ed, Clo"ven-hoofed` adjective (Also<
  • Cloven-footed
  • Cloven-hoofed
)
Definitions
  1. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.
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cloven-hoofed

  • adjective of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
    cloven-footed.
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Clo"ven-foot`ed, Clo"ven-hoofed` adjective (Also<
  • Cloven-footed
  • Cloven-hoofed
)
Definitions
  1. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.
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garlic clove

  • noun one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
    clove.
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gill cleft

  • noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes
    gill slit; branchial cleft.
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pudendal cleft

  • noun the fissure between the labia majora
    pudendal slit; rima pudendi; pudendal cleavage; vulvar slit; rima vulvae; pudendal cleft.
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To show the cloven foot ∨ 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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two-cleft

Two"-cleft` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
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urogenital cleft

  • noun the fissure between the labia majora
    pudendal slit; rima pudendi; pudendal cleavage; vulvar slit; rima vulvae; pudendal cleft.
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