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Definitions for Clave

[1] simple past tense of cleave1.
[2] one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
[3] to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually followed by to ).
[4] to remain faithful (usually followed by to ): to cleave to one's principles in spite of persecution.
[5] to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
[6] to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness.
[7] to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly.
[8] to cut off; sever: to cleave a branch from a tree.
[9] to part or split, especially along a natural line of division.
[10] to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually followed by through ).
[11] music one of a pair of hardwood sticks struck together to make a hollow sound, esp to mark the beat of Latin-American dance music
[12] archaic a past tense of cleave 1
[13] zoology a clublike thickening at the upper end of an organ, esp of the antenna of an insect
[14] to split or cause to split, esp along a natural weakness
[15] (tr) to make by or as if by cutting to cleave a path
[16] (when intr, foll by through ) to penetrate or traverse
[17] (intr foll by to ) to cling or adhere

Words related to Clave

hew, sunder, rive, pierce, cut, rend, separate, divorce, dissect, hack, rip, chop, crack, part, stab, slice, disunite, carve, open, whack

Words nearby Clave

claustrum, clausula, clava, clavacin, clavate, clave, claver, clavicembalo, clavichord, clavicle, clavicorn

Origin of Clave

eave2before 950; Middle English cleven, Old English clēofan, cognate with Old High German klioban (German klieben ), Old Norse kljūfa; akin to Greek glýphein to carve, Latin glūbere to peel

Other words from Clave

cleav·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Clave

eaveOld English cleofian; related to Old High German klebēn to stick

Synonyms for Clave

hew, sunder, carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, whack, tear asunder