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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tocleave en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English tocleven, from Old English tōclēofan (“to split apart, cleave asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (“to split apart”), equivalent to to- + cleave (“to split”). Cognate with Old High German zechluiban (“to split apart, cleave asunder”).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
  2. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To split apart; break.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tocleft Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tocleft Tense=Past lexicographic
tocloven Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tocleaves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tocleaving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tocleaved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tocleaved Tense=Past lexicographic
toclove Tense=Past lexicographic