- cleavage, splitting
- تفَلُّج \ cleavage, splitting. \ See Also تفلع (تفَلُّع)
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
cleavage, splitting
Look at other dictionaries:
Cleavage — Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cleavage — may refer to: Cleavage (breasts), partial exposure of the separation between a woman s breasts. Cleavage enhancement, methods of making a person s breast cleavage look more substantial than it really is. Buttock cleavage, minor exposure of the… … Wikipedia
cleavage — 1816, in geology, action of splitting (rocks or gems) along natural fissures, from CLEAVE (Cf. cleave) (1) + AGE (Cf. age). General meaning action or state of cleaving or being cleft is from 1867. The sense of cleft between a woman s breasts in… … Etymology dictionary
cleavage — ► NOUN 1) a sharp division; a split. 2) the cleft between a woman s breasts. 3) Biology cell division, especially of a fertilized egg cell. 4) the splitting of rocks or crystals in a preferred plane or direction … English terms dictionary
cleavage — [klēv′ij] n. 1. a cleaving, splitting, or dividing 2. the manner in which a thing splits 3. a cleft; fissure; division 4. the hollow between a woman s breasts, as made visible by a low cut neckline 5. Biol. a) cell division, esp. the series of… … English World dictionary
cleavage — 1. Series of mitotic cell divisions occurring in the ovum immediately following its fertilization. SYN: segmentation (2). SEE ALSO: c. division. 2. Splitting of a complex molecule into two or more simpler molecules. SYN: scission (2). 3 … Medical dictionary
cleavage — /klee vij/, n. 1. the act of cleaving or splitting. 2. the state of being cleft. 3. the area between a woman s breasts, esp. when revealed by a low cut neckline. 4. a critical division in opinion, beliefs, interests, etc., as leading to… … Universalium
cleavage — noun Date: 1816 1. a. the quality of a crystallized substance or rock of splitting along definite planes; also the occurrence of such splitting b. a fragment (as of a diamond) obtained by splitting 2. the action of cleaving … New Collegiate Dictionary
cleavage — the visible division between a clothed woman s breasts Literally, the action of splitting apart: Donna s cleavage was opening like a barn door, (le Carré, 1996) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
cleavage — Synonyms and related words: abscission, alienation, alpha decay, amputation, atom chipping, atom smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, beta decay, bombardment, breach, breach of friendship, break, breeding, bullet,… … Moby Thesaurus
cleavage — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A cleaving] Syn. dividing, splitting, separating; see break 1 , division 1 , fracture 1 . 2. [A fissure] Syn. split, cleft, rift; see hole 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cleft, fissure, gap, chasm, rift, valley.… … English dictionary for students
