Meanings
verb
- participlepastpast participle of cleave
adjective
- Split, sundered, or divided.
All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues Do hiss me into madness—[...]
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek σχιστός, δίκροος
- σχιστός (skhistós)split or divided
- δίκροος (díkroos)split or divided
Bulgarian разцепен, раздвоен
- разцепен (razcepen)split or divided
- раздвоен (razdvoen)split or divided
French fendu
- fendusplit or divided
Latin bifidus, fissus
- bifidussplit or divided
- fissussplit or divided
Norwegian kløyvd
- kløyvdsplit or divided
Russian раздвоенный
- раздвоенный (razdvojennyj)split or divided
Spanish rajado
- rajadosplit or divided
Swedish kluven
- kluvensplit or divided
Turkish ayrık, çatlak
- ayrıksplit or divided
- çatlaksplit or divided
- yarıksplit or divided
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cloven
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Cite this entry
APA
cloven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloven
MLA
“cloven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloven. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloven,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloven.
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