Cleaver

Cleaver

The word cleaver has a number of uses:

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Implement or device

In nature

  • Cleaver, a type of arête, a ridge of rock that separates a unified flow of glacial ice from its uphill side into two glaciers flanking, and flowing parallel to, the ridge.
  • Cleaver (plant) is a burr-bearing plant (Galium aparine)

People

Fictional characters

From the US television series Leave It to Beaver:

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  • Cleaver — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alice Cleaver (1889–1984), englisches Kindermädchen Blade Cleaver (* 1992), kanadischer Geschwindigkeitsskifahrer Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), US amerikanischer Schriftsteller Emanuel Cleaver (* 1944), US …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cleaver — Cleav er, n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher s instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cleaver — late 15c., one who splits, agent noun from CLEAVE (Cf. cleave) (1). Originally one who splits boards with a wedge instead of sawing; attested as a surname from early 14c. Meaning butcher s chopper is from 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

  • cleaver — ► NOUN ▪ a tool with a heavy broad blade, used for chopping meat …   English terms dictionary

  • cleaver — [klēv′ər] n. [ CLEAVE1 + ER] a heavy cutting tool with a broad blade, used by butchers …   English World dictionary

  • cleaver — /klee veuhr/, n. 1. a heavy, broad bladed knife or long bladed hatchet, esp. one used by butchers for cutting meat into joints or pieces. 2. a person or thing that cleaves. [1325 75; ME clevere. See CLEAVE2, ER1] * * * ▪ tool       heavy, axlike… …   Universalium

  • cleaver n — There was this one man show baker who prided himself on his bread. He would slice it to order, disdaining automatic slicers, saying that his way was much more effective for the end result. (He was dealing with the upper crust, of course.) Soon… …   English expressions

  • Cleaver — I Cleaver   [ kliːvə, englisch] der, s/ , Spaltkeil, Steinwerkzeug der frühen Altsteinzeit mit breiter Schneide und keilförmigem Längsschnitt; tritt meist zusammen mit Faustkeilen auf. II Cleaver   [ kliːvə], Leroy Eldridge …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Cleaver — This interesting name, with the variants Cleever and Clover, has two possible origins. The first being an official title for a mace bearer. The clavia, mace, or staff was an ensign of authority borne before magistrates. All the early recordings… …   Surnames reference

  • cleaver — n. a butcher s; meat cleaver * * * [ kliːvə] meat cleaver a butcher s …   Combinatory dictionary

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