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Cloven

[KLOH-vən]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Old English, 13th century

1.

Split or divided in two.

Examples of Cloven in a sentence

"Do you remember the story of Moses when he made the Red Sea cloven?"

"By the time the storm subsided, the sailboat was nearly cloven."

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