Cloven

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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] Cloven-footed

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cloven
       See {cleave}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cloven
       adj : used of hooves [syn: {cleft}, {bisulcate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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