"cleve" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cleves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cleve, from Old English clēofa, clēafa (“that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den, lair, cell, chamber, cellar, apartment”), from Proto-Germanic *klebô (“chamber, cell”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, cleave, split, divide”). Cognate with Old Norse klefi (“a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom”) (whence Icelandic klefi (“cell, compartment”)). Related to cleave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cleve}} Middle English cleve, {{inh|en|ang|clēofa}} Old English clēofa, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klebô|t=chamber, cell}} Proto-Germanic *klebô (“chamber, cell”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*glewbʰ-|t=to cut, cleave, split, divide}} Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, cleave, split, divide”), {{cog|non|klefi|t=a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom}} Old Norse klefi (“a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom”), {{cog|is|klefi|t=cell, compartment}} Icelandic klefi (“cell, compartment”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleve (plural cleves)
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cleve-en-noun-MU4MHJ~M
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) A cottage. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-cleve-en-noun-nZfMjBM1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 1 25 26 12 2 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 15 1 29 29 13 1 5 5
  3. (obsolete) A cliff or hillside. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cleve-en-noun-vU-YWw8O

Inflected forms

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