'Cloven' definitions:
Definition of 'cloven'
From: WordNet
adjective
(used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof" [syn: cloven, bisulcate]
Definition of 'Cloven'
From: GCIDE
- Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]
- 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [1913 Webster]
- O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. [1913 Webster]
- Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cloven'
From: GCIDE
- Cloven \Clo"ven\ (kl[=o]"v'n), p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t. [1913 Webster]
- To show the cloven foot or To show the cloven hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs. [1913 Webster] Cloven-footed
Synonyms of 'cloven'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bifurcated,
- bisected,
- branched,
- branching,
- chinky,
- cleft,
- cracked,
- cut,
- dehiscent,
- dichotomous,
- dimidiate,
- divided,
- fissured,
- fissury,
- forked,
- forking,
- gaping,
- gappy,
- halved,
- in pieces,
- in shreds,
- lacerate,
- lacerated,
- mangled,
- mutilated,
- quartered,
- ragged,
- ramified,
- rent,
- rift,
- rimose,
- rimulose,
- riven,
- severed,
- shredded,
- slit,
- splintered,
- split,
- tattered,
- torn