English Explanatory Dictionary

tocleave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
  2. To split apart; break.

Word forms

tocleave tocleaves tocleaving toclove tocleft tocleaved tocloven

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”).

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