clave¹ /klāv/

A gradual swelling at the distal end of a structure, resembling a club

clavate /klāˈvāt or klavˈāt/ or clavˈated /-id/ adjective

Club-shaped

clavāˈtion noun

Articulation in a socket

clavˈiform adjective

In the form of a club

clavˈiger /-i-jər/ noun

A club-bearer

clavigerous /-ijˈər-əs/ adjective

Club-bearing

clavˈūlate adjective

Somewhat club-shaped

clave² /klāv/

Pat of cleave^1,2

clave³ /kläˈvā/

One of a pair of small wooden cylinders held in the hands and struck together to mark S American dance rhythms

cleave¹ /klēv/

1. To divide or to split
2. To separate with violence
3. To go or cut through
4. To pierce

1. To split apart
2. To crack

cleavˈable adjective

Capable of being cleft

cleavˈableness noun

cleavˈage noun

1. A split
2. A tendency to split, esp (in rocks and minerals) in certain directions
3. The series of mitotic divisions by which the fertilized ovum is transformed into a multicellular embryo (biology)
4. The hollow between a woman's breasts, esp as shown by a low-cut dress

cleavˈer noun

1. A person or thing that cleaves
2. A butcher's chopper

cleavˈing adjective

Splitting

A cleft

cleave² /klēv/

1. To stick or adhere
2. To unite

cleavˈers or clivers /klivˈərz/ noun

Goose-grass (Galium aparine) which cleaves to fur or clothes by its hooks

cleavˈing noun

The act of adhering (also adjective)

• flag-wavers
• flag-waving
• flag-worm
• flag-worms
• flail
• flailed
• flailing
• flails
• flair
• flairs
• flak
• flake
• flaked
• flake out
• flakes
• flake-white
• flakier
• flakies
• flakiest
• flakiness
• flakinesses
• flaking
• flak jacket
• flak jackets
• flaks