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Meaning of CLOVEN

Pronunciation:  'klowvun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  used of hooves
 
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 Synonyms: bisulcate, cleft, divided
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Clo"ven\, p. p. & a.
from {Cleave}, v. t.
{To show the cloven foot} or {hoof}, to reveal a devilish
   character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding
   disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and
   symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
 
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 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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