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[syn: cloven, bisulcate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster] Cloven-footed
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cloven
adj 1: (used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof" [syn:
cloven, bisulcate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloven":
bifurcated, bisected, branched, branching, chinky, cleft, cracked,
cut, dehiscent, dichotomous, dimidiate, divided, fissured, fissury,
forked, forking, gaping, gappy, halved, in pieces, in shreds,
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, quartered, ragged,
ramified, rent, rift, rimose, rimulose, riven, severed, shredded,
slit, splintered, split, tattered, torn