clove¹ /klōv/

1. The flower-bud of the cloveˈ-tree (Eugenia caryophyllus or Syzygium aromaticum), dried as a spice, and yielding an essential oil, oil of cloves, used in medicine to relieve abdominal pain or as a remedy for toothache
2. (in pl) a flavouring obtained from it

clove gillyflower or clove pink noun

A variety of pink, smelling of cloves

clove² /klōv/

A division of a bulb, as in garlic

clove³ /klōv/ pat of cleave¹

clove hitch noun

A kind of hitch knot, used to connect a rope to another rope of greater thickness or to secure a rope to a post, etc

cloveˈ-hook noun

A sister-hook

clove⁴ /klōv/

An old weight (7, 8, or 10 pounds) for wool and cheese

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

• unblown
• unblunted
• unblushing
• unblushingly
• unboastful
• unbodied
• unboding
• unbolt
• unbolted
• unbolting
• unbolts
• unbone
• unboned
• unbones
• unboning
• unbonnet
• unbonneted
• unbonneting
• unbonnets
• unbooked
• unbookish
• unboot
• unbooted
• unbooting
• unboots