Definitions For Cleve

Noun

CLEVE (plural CLEVEs) (now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal) A room; chamber. (now, _, chiefly, _, dialectal) A cottage. (obsolete) A cliff or hillside.

Middle English

Etymology

From Middle English cleve, from {{inh, en, ang, clēofa}}, clēafa, t=that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den, lair, cell, chamber, cellar, apartment, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, klebô, t=chamber, cell}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *glewbʰ-, t=to cut, cleave, split, divide}}. Cognate with {{cog, non, klefi, t=a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom}} (whence {{cog, is, klefi, t=cell, compartment}}). Related to cleave.

Etymology 1

Inherited from {{inh, enm, ang, clēofa}}, from {{inh, enm, gem-pro, *klebô}}.

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, kleve}}

Pronunciation

{{IPA, enm, /ˈkleːv(ə)/, /ˈklɛːv(ə)/}}

Noun

{{enm-noun, cleves}} {{tlb, enm, rare}} An abode or home; where someone resides. {{tlb, enm, rare}} A granary.

Descendants

{{desc, en, cleve}}

References

{{R:MED Online, entry= clēve (n.) , id=MED8011 , accessdate=2018-07-31}}

Etymology 2

Inherited from {{inh, enm, ang, clēofan}}.

Verb

{{alt form, enm, cleven, t=to split, id=to split}}

Etymology 3

Inherited from {{inh, enm, ang, clēofian}}.

Verb

{{alt form, enm, cleven, t=to stick, id=to stick}}