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cleave
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kli?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /kliv/
- Rhymes: -i?v
Etymology 1
From Middle English cleven, from the Old English strong verb cl?ofan (“to split, to separate”), from Proto-Germanic *kleuban?, from Proto-Indo-European *glewb?- (“to cut, to slice”). Doublet of clive. Cognate with Dutch klieven, dialectal German klieben, Swedish klyva, Norwegian Nynorsk kløyva; also Ancient Greek ????? (glúph?, “carve”).
Verb
cleave (third-person singular simple present cleaves, present participle cleaving, simple past cleft or clove or (UK) cleaved or (archaic) clave, past participle cleft or cloven or (UK) cleaved)
- (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- The wings cleaved the foggy air.
- (transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- (transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- The truck cleaved a path through the ice.
- (transitive, chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- (intransitive) To split.
- (intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
cleave (plural cleaves)
- (technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
Related terms
- cleavage
- cleft
Derived terms
- cleaver
Etymology 2
From Middle English cleven, a conflation of two verbs: Old English clifian (from Proto-Germanic *klib?n?) and Old English cl?fan (from Proto-Germanic *kl?ban?), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleyb?- (“to stick”).
Verb
cleave (third-person singular simple present cleaves, present participle cleaving, simple past and past participle cleaved)
- (intransitive) To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
Translations
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:adhere
References
- cleave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cleave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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gash
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charax?re, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kharakt?r, “engraver”).
Alternative forms
- garsh (dated)
Noun
gash (countable and uncountable, plural gashes)
- A deep cut.
- 2006, New York Times, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, [1]:
- Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.
- 2006, New York Times, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, [1]:
- (slang, vulgar) A vulva.
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:
- “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”
- 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, 50th anniversary edition (2009), p. 126:
- (slang, offensive) A woman
- 1934, James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Ch. 19:
- "Will you bastards quit singing the blues? You're young, and there's plenty of gash in the world, and the supply of moon goes on forever," Simonsky said.
- 1934, James T. Farrell, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, Ch. 19:
- (slang, British Royal Navy) Rubbish, spare kit
- (slang) Rubbish on board an aircraft
- (slang) Unused film or sound during film editing
- (slang) Poor quality beer, usually watered down.
Translations
Adjective
gash (comparative more gash, superlative most gash)
- (slang) Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted.
Verb
gash (third-person singular simple present gashes, present participle gashing, simple past and past participle gashed)
- To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
Translations
Etymology 2
From ghastful, by association with gash.
Adjective
gash (comparative more gash, superlative most gash)
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) ghastly; hideous
Related terms
- gashful
- gashly
Anagrams
- HAGS, hags, shag
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