Clive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Clive is a verb meaning (intransitive) To climb; ascend.
Meaning
(intransitive) To climb; ascend.
More Meanings
- Burdock or agrimony.
- (transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
Example Sentences
After 'frosting' the stone may be 'clived' or split along the bedding planes. Once clived, the thin slabs are dressed for use and sold as Collyweston Slates, for use as tilestones.
IL-1β presents the peculiarity of being produced in the form of a biologically inactive precursor, known as proIL-1β, that needs to be clived at an aspartate residue by a specific enzyme, named interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) or [...]
Word Forms
- clives
- cliving
- clived
- cliven
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alan, clay, cliff, ridge, bluff, precipice.
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