cloven

/kli:v/

Thân thiện

The goat stands on the rocky hillside, its cloven hooves clearly visible.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Split or divided, especially along a natural line or grain: Describes something that has been parted into two or more sections, often used for natural or clean splits.
   • Having a divided hoof: Specifically used in zoology to describe the hoof of an animal, such as a cow, sheep, or goat, which is split into two distinct parts.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The hiker found a cloven log, perfectly split by lightning.
  • Deer, like cows, have cloven hooves.

Advanced Usage

• "To show the cloven hoof": An idiom meaning to reveal one's true, often evil or diabolical, nature or intentions. This phrase originates from the traditional depiction of the devil having cloven hooves.
  • His seemingly generous offer began to show the cloven hoof when he demanded excessive interest.

Variants and Related Words

• Cleave (verb): To split or sever, especially along a natural line. (Note: This is a distinct verb from which 'cloven' is derived as a past participle adjective).
  • He used an axe to cleave the wood.
• Cleft (adjective/noun): Split, divided, or partially separated; also a crack or fissure.
  • The bird built its nest in a cleft in the rock.

Synonyms

• Split
• Divided
• Bisected
• Parted

Related Phrases

• Cloven-footed / Cloven-hoofed (adjective): Having divided hooves.
  • Pigs are cloven-hoofed animals.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (used of hooves) split, divided
   • bisulcate hoof

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bisulcate