"clive" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: clives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *clive (in compound: Middle English garclive), from Old English clīfe (“clifers (cleavers), burdock”), from Proto-West Germanic *klībā. Cognate with Middle Dutch kleve, klijve (“burdock”), Middle Low German klive (“burdock”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*clive}} Middle English *clive, {{m+|enm|garclive}} Middle English garclive, {{inh|en|ang|clīfe|t=clifers (cleavers), burdock}} Old English clīfe (“clifers (cleavers), burdock”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klībā}} Proto-West Germanic *klībā, {{cog|dum|kleve}} Middle Dutch kleve, {{m|dum|klijve||burdock}} klijve (“burdock”), {{cog|gml|klive||burdock}} Middle Low German klive (“burdock”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} clive (plural clives)
  1. Burdock or agrimony. Categories (lifeform): Thistles
    Sense id: en-clive-en-noun-2rkmZ2jl Disambiguation of Thistles: 61 23 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 31 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 29 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: clives [present, singular, third-person], cliving [participle, present], clived [past], clove [past], clived [participle, past], cliven [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English cliven, from Old English clīfan (“to cleave, adhere, stick”), from Proto-West Germanic *klīban, from Proto-Germanic *klībaną (“to glue, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to lubricate, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleven (“to adhere, stick”), German kleben (“to adhere, stick”), Swedish kliva (“to climb, stalk”), Icelandic klífa (“to climb, ascend”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cliven}} Middle English cliven, {{inh|en|ang|clīfan||to cleave, adhere, stick}} Old English clīfan (“to cleave, adhere, stick”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klīban}} Proto-West Germanic *klīban, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klībaną||to glue, stick}} Proto-Germanic *klībaną (“to glue, stick”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*gleybʰ-||to lubricate, stick}} Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to lubricate, stick”), {{cog|nl|kleven||to adhere, stick}} Dutch kleven (“to adhere, stick”), {{cog|de|kleben||to adhere, stick}} German kleben (“to adhere, stick”), {{cog|sv|kliva||to climb, stalk}} Swedish kliva (“to climb, stalk”), {{cog|is|klífa||to climb, ascend}} Icelandic klífa (“to climb, ascend”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=clove|past_ptc2=cliven}} clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past clived or clove, past participle clived or cliven)
  1. (intransitive) To climb; ascend. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-clive-en-verb-WRy-8fp0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: clives [present, singular, third-person], cliving [participle, present], clived [participle, past], clived [past]
Etymology: From Middle English cliven, from Old Norse klyfja, klufða (“to split, chop, cleave”), from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, pick”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, carve, peel”). Cognate with Old English clēofan (“to cleave, split, separate”). Doublet of cleave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cliven}} Middle English cliven, {{der|en|non|klyfja}} Old Norse klyfja, {{m|non|klufða||to split, chop, cleave}} klufða (“to split, chop, cleave”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kleubaną||to split, pick}} Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, pick”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*glewbʰ-||to cut, carve, peel}} Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, carve, peel”), {{cog|ang|clēofan||to cleave, split, separate}} Old English clēofan (“to cleave, split, separate”), {{doublet|en|cleave}} Doublet of cleave Head templates: {{en-verb}} clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past and past participle clived)
  1. (transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-clive-en-verb-85Ttzkek
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} clive
  1. inflection of cliver:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-clive-fr-verb-irGSuskb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. inflection of cliver:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-clive-fr-verb-8O7Fa4pe

Noun [Latin]

Forms: clīve [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=clīve}} clīve
  1. vocative singular of clīvus Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: clīvus
    Sense id: en-clive-la-noun-68~qcgsw Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} clive
  1. Alternative form of clyf Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clyf
    Sense id: en-clive-enm-noun-fqZ9BiAg Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} clive
  1. inflection of clivar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: clivar
    Sense id: en-clive-es-verb-uYULxNe9 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of clivar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: clivar
    Sense id: en-clive-es-verb-awP7YdQx

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1990, John Ashurst, Francis G. Dimes, Conservation of building and decorative stone: Volume 1",
          "text": "After 'frosting' the stone may be 'clived' or split along the bedding planes. Once clived, the thin slabs are dressed for use and sold as Collyweston Slates, for use as tilestones.",
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}
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    }
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}

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    },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
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      },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "Middle Low German klive (“burdock”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English *clive (in compound: Middle English garclive), from Old English clīfe (“clifers (cleavers), burdock”), from Proto-West Germanic *klībā. Cognate with Middle Dutch kleve, klijve (“burdock”), Middle Low German klive (“burdock”).",
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    }
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*glewbʰ-",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clives",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clived",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clived",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1990, John Ashurst, Francis G. Dimes, Conservation of building and decorative stone: Volume 1",
          "text": "After 'frosting' the stone may be 'clived' or split along the bedding planes. Once clived, the thin slabs are dressed for use and sold as Collyweston Slates, for use as tilestones.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Robert Ader, Psychoneuroimmunology",
          "text": "IL-1β presents the peculiarity of being produced in the form of a biologically inactive precursor, known as proIL-1β, that needs to be clived at an aspartate residue by a specific enzyme, named interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) or [...]",
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        }
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        "To split; separate; cleave; chop."
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        [
          "chop",
          "chop"
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        "(transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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  "word": "clive"
}

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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cliver:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cliver",
          "cliver#French"
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cliver:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
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        [
          "cliver",
          "cliver#French"
        ]
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        "singular"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "homophone": "clivent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "clives"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clive"
}

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "clīve",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    }
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin noun forms"
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        "vocative singular of clīvus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clīvus",
          "clivus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clive"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
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      "expansion": "clive",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "word": "clyf"
        }
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of clyf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clyf",
          "clyf#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "clive"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "clive",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "clivar"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "inflection of clivar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clivar",
          "clivar#Spanish"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of clivar:\n"
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        "first-person",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "clivar"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "inflection of clivar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clivar",
          "clivar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of clivar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clive"
}

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