cloven

Meaning of cloven

verb

past participle of cleave1.

adjective

split or divided in two.

verb, past participle
  1. split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.
    the large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire

Old English clēofan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klieven and German klieben .

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Hyphenation of cloven

cloven

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • cloven is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cloven synonyms

Meaning cleft:

cleft, bisulcate

Meaning break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain:

split

Meaning split into parts; separated:

divided

Meaning divide into two parts:

bisected

Meaning separate or be separated into parts:

divide

Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:

sever

Meaning break or cause to break into small sharp fragments:

splinter

Meaning chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool:

hew

Meaning cut with rough or heavy blows:

hack

Meaning divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size:

halve

Meaning divide (a line, angle, or shape) into two exactly equal parts:

bisect

Meaning divide into four equal or corresponding parts:

quarter

Meaning tear (something) into pieces:

rend

Meaning split apart:

sunder

Meaning split or tear apart violently:

rive

Words that rhyme with cloven

oven, coven, doven, bakeoven, Beethoven, Eindhoven, Einthoven, Hoven, Kerkhoven, beethoven, hoven, DeKoven, sloven, spoloven, uncloven, Hooven, hooven, lospoven, Estroven, disproven, nonproven, proven, roven, semiproven, unproven, unroven, Jantoven, outoven, stoven, carpetwoven, enwoven, enwwoven, hairwoven, handwoven, interwoven, inwoven, nonwoven, outwoven, outwwoven, overwoven, rewoven, unenwoven, uninterwoven, uninwoven, unwoven, unwwoven, woven, yoven

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