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clave
1[ kleyv ]
clave
2[ klah-vey ]
noun
- one of a pair of wooden sticks or blocks that are held one in each hand and are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
clave
2/ kleɪv /
noun
- zoology a clublike thickening at the upper end of an organ, esp of the antenna of an insect
clave
3/ klɑːv; kleɪv /
noun
- music one of a pair of hardwood sticks struck together to make a hollow sound, esp to mark the beat of Latin-American dance music
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Example Sentences
My tongue, as the Bible expresses it, clave to the roof of my mouth.
The magistrate's tongue clave to the roof of his mouth, as the scholar advanced, cap in hand, and bowed to one and the other.
Silence had always been easier to them than speech, and the habit clave to them even when they were in love.
Wherefore the name clave to the plain from Mac cecht's misery, that is, Mag Brén-guir.
He clave the rock in the wilderness, and caused waters to run down like a river.
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