adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of cleave form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Split, sundered, or divided.

   "All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues Do hiss me into madness—[...]"

Adjective

1. 1
   (used of hooves) split, divided wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bifurcatedbisectedbisulcatebisulcatebranchedbranching

Example

More examples

"The pig, the sow and the piglets have bristles, but not horns, but also cloven feet, as others do."

Related phrases

cloven footcloven hoofcloven-footedcloven-hoofedcloven-hoovedshow the cloven foot

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