"clive" meaning in English

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Noun

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

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

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

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Middle Dutch kleve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "klijve",
        "3": "",
        "4": "burdock"
      },
      "expansion": "klijve (“burdock”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "klive",
        "3": "",
        "4": "burdock"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German klive (“burdock”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clive (plural clives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Burdock or agrimony."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Burdock",
          "burdock"
        ],
        [
          "agrimony",
          "agrimony"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clive"
}

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    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Thistles"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "cliven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English cliven",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "klyfja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse klyfja",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "klufða",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to split, chop, cleave"
      },
      "expansion": "klufða (“to split, chop, cleave”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kleubaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to split, pick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, pick”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*glewbʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cut, carve, peel"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, carve, peel”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "clēofan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cleave, split, separate"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English clēofan (“to cleave, split, separate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cleave"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cleave",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clives",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cliving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clived",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clived",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past and past participle clived)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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 [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To split; separate; cleave; chop."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ],
        [
          "cleave",
          "cleave"
        ],
        [
          "chop",
          "chop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clive"
}

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