All 5 Uses of
cleave
in
The Lightning Thief
- There were cloven hooves.
Chpt 3 *cloven = split (or divided in two)
- Dionysus and the Council of Cloven Elders must decide.†
Chpt 6
- The Council of Cloven Elders said so.†
Chpt 16
- As Apollo's cabin led the sing-along and passed out s'mores, I was surrounded by my old Hermes cabinmates, Annabeth's friends from Athena, and Grover's satyr buddies, who were admiring the brand-new searcher's license he'd received from the Council of Cloven Elders.†
Chpt 22
- He cleaved downward at my head, but I wasn't there.†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(cleave as in: cleave through) to split or cut through somethingIronically, this word can mean to split in two or to hold together.
Note that you may see cleaved, cleft, clove, or cloven as the past tense of this sense of cleave. -
(2)
(cleave as in: cleave to) to hold firmly to something -- such as an object, a person or ideaIronically, this word can mean to split in two or to hold together.
Note that you may see cleaved, clove, or clave as the past tense of this sense of cleave. -
(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
a proper noun or other word too rare to warrant focus