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Noun clove has 4 senses
- clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
--1 is a kind of flower bud
--1 is a part of
--1 has substance: clove
- clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum - moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
--2 is a kind of spice tree
--2 is a member of Syzygium, genus Syzygium
--2 has parts: clove
- clove, garlic clove - one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
--3 is a kind of garlic, ail
- clove - spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
--4 is a kind of spice
--4 is a substance of clove
Verb cleave has 3 senses
- cleave, split, rive - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
--1 is one way to tear
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- cleave - make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
--2 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
--3 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
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