cloven

[ kloh-vuhn ]

/ ˈkloʊ vən /

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verb

a past participle of cleave²

adjective

cleft; split; divided: Goats have cloven hoofs.

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OTHER WORDS FROM cloven

un·clo·ven, adjective

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Clough, clout, clove, clove hitch, Clovelly, cloven, cloven hoof, cloven-hoofed, clove oil, clove pink, clover

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How to use cloven in a sentence

Nor could the print of human footsteps be seen, but only indentations left by innumerable tiny cloven feet.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
The cloven foot is an evidence of a clean beast, and horns are attributed, pictorially at least, to Moses.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman
There is a much greater number of cloven-footed than whole-hoofed animals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
In fact real quadrupeds consist only of whole and cloven-footed animals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Break it, before it be cloven asunder for you by the sword of Rome.
The Lion's Brood|Duffield Osborne

British Dictionary definitions for cloven

cloven

/ (ˈkləʊvən) /

verb

a past participle of cleave 1

adjective

split; cleft; divided

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