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cloverleaf en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • klōʹvər-lēf (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkloʊvɚliːf/ (US)
  • /ˈkləʊvəliːf/ (UK)

Etymology

From clover + leaf.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.
    • a fancy cloverleaf motif

Forms

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clover-leaf alternative lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi apila- (in the form of cloverleaf)

cloverleaf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • klōʹvər-lēf (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkloʊvɚliːf/ (US)
  • /ˈkləʊvəliːf/ (UK)

Etymology

From clover + leaf.

Meanings

  1. (with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant.
    • Cloverleaves have a pealike flavor and make a nice accent among salad greens.
  2. (US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) Ellipsis of cloverleaf interchange.
    • The off-ramp will lead you along the cloverleaf to your next on-ramp.
    • By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf And them bears was wall-to-wall. 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:

Forms

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cloverleaves Number=Plur lexicographic
cloverleafs Number=Plur lexicographic
clover-leaf alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

cloverleaf antenna · parclo · cloverleaf skull · clover-leaf skull · clover-leaf sight · cloverleaf tongue · cloverleaf stack · clover-leaf roll · clover leaf weevil · cloverleaf interchange · cloverleaf model

Relateds

in clover

Translations (4)

nl klaverblad (leaf of a clover plant) · fi apilanlehti (leaf of a clover plant) · de Kleeblatt (leaf of a clover plant) · lb Kléiblat (leaf of a clover plant)

wikidata: Q11075207

cloverleaf en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • klōʹvər-lēf (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈkloʊvɚliːf/ (US)
  • /ˈkləʊvəliːf/ (UK)

Etymology

From clover + leaf.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
    • Hay told a military historian that Allen precipitated “the debacle” by “allowing his lead company to pursue the VC down the trail” instead of forming a perimeter and cloverleafing at the first sign of the enemy. 2003, David Maraniss, They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967:

Forms

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cloverleafs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cloverleafing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clover-leaf alternative lexicographic
cloverleafed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cloverleafed Tense=Past lexicographic