cleavers
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vərz noun, plural cleav·ers.
1.
a North American plant, Galium aparine, of the madder family, having short, hooked bristles on the stems and leaves and bearing very small white flowers.
2.
any of certain related species.
Also, clivers.
Also called catchweed, goose grass.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English clivre, Old English clife burdock (-re probably by association with Middle English clivres (plural) claws, or with the agent noun from cleven to cleave1, whence the modern spelling)
before 1000; Middle English clivre, Old English clife burdock (-re probably by association with Middle English clivres (plural) claws, or with the agent noun from cleven to cleave1, whence the modern spelling)
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cleaver (ˈkliːvə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a heavy knife or long-bladed hatchet, esp one used by butchers | |
| cleavers (ˈkliːvəz) | |
| —n | |
| (functioning as singular) goosegrass, hairif, Also called: sticky willie a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium aparine, having small white flowers and prickly stems and fruits | |
| [Old English clīfe; related to clīfan to | |
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Word Origin & History
cleaver
late 15c., "one who splits," from cleave (1). Meaning "butcher's chopper" is from 1580.
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| cleaver (klē'vər) Pronunciation Key
A bifacial stone tool flaked to produce a straight, sharp, relatively wide edge at one end. Cleavers are early core tools associated primarily with the Acheulian tool culture. |
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Example sentences
Especially when he tosses those meat cleavers around.
Store knives, saws, and cleavers in a designated storage area when not in use.
Robbers threatened staff with meat cleavers during an armed robbery at a designer clothes shop.
The whapping is the sound of meat cleavers coming down on the heads of live turtles and frogs.
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