clove : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clove	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for clove
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clove n aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves Synonym(s): clove, clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb Synonym(s): clove, garlic clove spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clove \Clove\, imp. of {Cleave}. Cleft. --Spenser. {Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}. {Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also {clip hook}. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clove \Clove\, n. [D. kloof. See {Cleave}, v. t.] A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. {Cloy}.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree ({Eugenia, [or] Caryophullus, aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles. {Clove camphor}. (Chem.) See {Eugenin}. {Clove gillyflower}, {Clove pink} (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clove \Clove\, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cle[a2]fan to split, E. cleave.] 1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. --Lindley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[emac]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[ecr]ft), {Clave} (kl[amac]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[omac]v, Obsolescent); p. p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[emac]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[omac]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle[a2]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[d4]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl[94]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. {Cleft}.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6.