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tocleaving

tocleaving is the present participle and gerund of tocleave.

Meaning of tocleave

Verb

tocleave (third-person singular simple present tocleaves, present participle tocleaving, simple past toclove or tocleft or tocleaved, past participle tocloven or tocleft or tocleaved)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
  2. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To split apart; break.

Questions about tocleaving

What is tocleaving the present participle and gerund of?
Tocleaving is the present participle and gerund of tocleave.

Words near tocleaving in the dictionary

  1. tocks
  2. Tockwith
  3. tockwough
  4. tockwoughs
  5. tocleave
  6. tocleaving
  7. toclopidine
  8. toco
  9. toco for yam
  10. toco toucan
  11. toco toucans

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