English Explanatory Dictionary

cleavage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
  2. The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
  3. Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
  4. The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
  5. The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  6. The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity.
  7. The division of voters into voting blocs.

Pronunciation

/ˈkliː.vɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈkli.vɪd͡ʒ/ [ˈklɪi.vɪd͡ʒ] en-au-cleavage.ogg /ˈkliː.vəd͡ʒ/

Word forms

cleavage cleavages

Etymology

From cleave + -age.

Synonyms

intermammary sulcus

Related words

cleave cleft décolletage spathic

Derived words

autocleavage beavage breast cleavage builder's cleavage bum cleavage butt cleavage buttock cleavage cleavaged cleavage furrow cleavage tape endocleavage gender cleavage metacleavage microcleavage miscleavage orthocleavage paracleavage photocleavage plumber's cleavage postcleavage precleavage pseudocleavage recleavage

Translations

Bulgarian: деление Chinese Mandarin: 卵裂 Dutch: deling Dutch: celdeling Finnish: solun jakautuminen French: division German: Furchung German: Zellteilung German: Teilung Hungarian: sejtosztódás Italian: segmentazione Japanese: 卵割 Korean: 난할 Korean: 알갈림 Northern Kurdish: şeqbûn Macedonian: делба Polish: podział Portuguese: clivagem Russian: деле́ние Spanish: división
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