Clave
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kleɪv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Clave is a verb meaning singular of claves.
Meaning
singular of claves.
More Meanings
- (music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
- Ellipsis of autoclave.
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of cleave
Example Sentences
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder.
Suddenly a peal of thunder, resonant even above the din of the swinish revelry, clave the very roof and laid a hush of feat upon the boisterous company.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Word Forms
- claves
- claving
- claved
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clausula, cleaver, clavecin, cipher, clavis, cadence.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.