"cleave" meaning in English

See cleave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cleave
  1. διαχωρίζω, κόβω, αποκόπτω
    Sense id: el-cleave-en-verb-8nYSTF-8
  2. ανοίγω (πχ μονοπάτι, σκάβοντας, κόβοντας δέντρα, πάγο κλπ)
    Sense id: el-cleave-en-verb-5lgPcVhb
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cleave"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This peptide is cut, or cleaved, off a larger protein known as amyloid precursor protein. (από άρθρο με τίτλο \"Key Alzheimer's protein found\" που δημοσιεύτηκε στον ιστότοπο του BBC στις 23 Οκτωβρίου 2009)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "διαχωρίζω, κόβω, αποκόπτω"
      ],
      "id": "el-cleave-en-verb-8nYSTF-8"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The doorway to the main stable was cleaved open by crowbars, and they cut off the rest of the padlocks to the other outbuildings. (από άρθρο με τίτλο \"Riding equipment worth £30,000 stolen from Crowan\" που δημοσιεύτηκε στον ιστότοπο του BBC στις 2 Ιουνίου 2010)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ανοίγω (πχ μονοπάτι, σκάβοντας, κόβοντας δέντρα, πάγο κλπ)"
      ],
      "id": "el-cleave-en-verb-5lgPcVhb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cleave"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cleave"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This peptide is cut, or cleaved, off a larger protein known as amyloid precursor protein. (από άρθρο με τίτλο \"Key Alzheimer's protein found\" που δημοσιεύτηκε στον ιστότοπο του BBC στις 23 Οκτωβρίου 2009)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "διαχωρίζω, κόβω, αποκόπτω"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The doorway to the main stable was cleaved open by crowbars, and they cut off the rest of the padlocks to the other outbuildings. (από άρθρο με τίτλο \"Riding equipment worth £30,000 stolen from Crowan\" που δημοσιεύτηκε στον ιστότοπο του BBC στις 2 Ιουνίου 2010)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ανοίγω (πχ μονοπάτι, σκάβοντας, κόβοντας δέντρα, πάγο κλπ)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cleave"
}

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