"tocleave" meaning in English

See tocleave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tocleaves [present, singular, third-person], tocleaving [participle, present], toclove [past], tocleft [past], tocleaved [past], tocloven [participle, past], tocleft [participle, past], tocleaved [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English tocleven, from Old English tōclēofan (“to split apart, cleave asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (“to split apart”), equivalent to to- + cleave (“to split”). Cognate with Old High German zechluiban (“to split apart, cleave asunder”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tocleven}} Middle English tocleven, {{inh|en|ang|tōclēofan||to split apart, cleave asunder}} Old English tōclēofan (“to split apart, cleave asunder”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tōkliubaną||to split apart}} Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (“to split apart”), {{prefix|en|to|cleave|t2=to split}} to- + cleave (“to split”), {{cog|goh|zechluiban||to split apart, cleave asunder}} Old High German zechluiban (“to split apart, cleave asunder”) Head templates: {{en-verb|tocleaves|tocleaving|toclove|tocloven|past2=tocleft|past3=tocleaved|past_ptc2=tocleft|past_ptc3=tocleaved}} tocleave (third-person singular simple present tocleaves, present participle tocleaving, simple past toclove or tocleft or tocleaved, past participle tocloven or tocleft or tocleaved)
  1. (transitive, dialectal, obsolete) To divide; split open; cleave asunder. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-tocleave-en-verb-Evgz0RsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. (intransitive, dialectal, obsolete) To split apart; break. Tags: dialectal, intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-tocleave-en-verb-unJqXmrz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with to- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with to-: 44 56

Inflected forms

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