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Definitions for Clove

[1] the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
[2] the tree itself.
[3] one of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a mother bulb, as in garlic.
[4] a simple past tense of cleave2.
[5] a British unit of weight for wool, cheese, etc., usually equivalent to 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms).
[6] to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually followed by to ).
[7] to remain faithful (usually followed by to ): to cleave to one's principles in spite of persecution.
[8] to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
[9] to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness.
[10] to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly.
[11] to cut off; sever: to cleave a branch from a tree.
[12] to part or split, especially along a natural line of division.
[13] to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually followed by through ).
[14] a tropical evergreen myrtaceous tree, Syzygium aromaticum , native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere, esp Zanzibar
[15] the dried unopened flower buds of this tree, used as a pungent fragrant spice
[16] any of the segments of a compound bulb that arise from the axils of the scales of a large bulb
[17] a past tense of cleave 1
[18] to split or cause to split, esp along a natural weakness
[19] (tr) to make by or as if by cutting to cleave a path
[20] (when intr, foll by through ) to penetrate or traverse
[21] (intr foll by to ) to cling or adhere

Words related to Clove

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

Words nearby Clove

cloudy, cloudy swelling, clouet, clough, clout, clove, clove hitch, clove oil, clove pink, clovelly, cloven

Origin of Clove

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 Clove

cleav·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Clove

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

Synonyms for Clove

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