cloven
Americanverb
adjective
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- uncloven adjective
Etymology
Origin of cloven
First recorded in 1150–1200, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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From Washington Post
Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious virus that affects cloven hooved animals.
From Reuters
Each monster was about the size of a cow, with a bowed back like a broken-down horse, matted gray fur, skinny legs, and black cloven hooves.
From Literature
In the video, the singer has deer horns and cloven hooves.
From New York Times
Made with both graphite and acrylic, the busy scenes achieve an entrancing variety of tones: acres of newspaper gray, crinkling across the drawings’ shallow perspective, are periodically cloven by a sudden swath of velvety black.
From New York Times
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