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Cleaver
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- 1 A surname from Middle English.
"The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery."
- 1 A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
"When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:..."
- 2 a butcher's knife having a large square blade wordnet
- 3 A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music. Bahamas
- 4 The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal. figuratively
"Conte has broken the mould further with the suggestion he might escape the Abramovich cleaver, becoming the first of his line to leave by his own volition."
- 5 A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.
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- 6 A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.
Etymology
From Middle English clevere, equivalent to cleave + -er.
Occupational surname for someone who split wood, from Middle English clevere (“one who cleaves”).
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