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/ ˈkli vər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a heavy, broad-bladed knife or long-bladed hatchet, especially one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces.
a person or thing that cleaves.
Origin of cleaver First recorded in1325–75, cleaver is from the Middle English word clevere. See cleave2 , -er1
Words nearby cleaver cleavage line, cleavage product, cleavage site, cleavage spindle, cleave, cleaver , cleavers, Cleburne, cleck, cleek, Cleese
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Example sentences from the Web for cleaver A hunter comes across a sickly gorilla, too weak to defend itself from the blows of his cleaver .
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Politico reported that a man had been arrested for allegedly spitting at Cleaver , but the congressman refused to press charges.
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Rather than rationalize the tax code, or reform entitlements, the government has taken a cleaver to discretionary spending.
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Gun ownership is tightly controlled in China, where mass attacks usually involve men with a knife, cleaver , or machete.
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As Cleaver put it, the caucus “is always hesitant to criticize the president.”
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They accordingly suffered the punishment, the wrist being divided by a cleaver driven through the joint by force of a mallet.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott
Flatten it by striking with broad blade of knife or a cleaver .
The Century Cook Book | Mary Ronald
An interview which Cleaver 's boy had to endure may throw some light upon this.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City | S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
They lost their right hands, the wrist being divided by a cleaver driven through the joint by the force of a mallet.
The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2 | Arthur Griffiths
In something less than the two hours I had allowed for the passage, the procession of boats reached Cleaver Island.
Breaking Away | Oliver Optic
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British Dictionary definitions for cleaver noun a heavy knife or long-bladed hatchet, esp one used by butchers
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to cleaver foe, hatchet, river, knife, axe, meat ax
Scientific definitions for cleaver A bifacial stone tool flaked to produce a straight, sharp, relatively wide edge at one end. Cleavers are early core tools associated primarily with the Acheulian tool culture.
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