clove

• Nom désignant la fleur séchée d'un arbre utilisée comme épice, une gousse ou section d'une tête d'ail, ou l'arbre qui produit cette épice.

A noun referring to a dried flower bud used as a spice, a segment of a garlic bulb, or the tree that produces the spice.

1. Aromatic spiceB1formalculinary

   The dried, unopened flower bud of the clove tree, used as a spice in cooking and baking.

   Clou de girofle

   • She added a clove of garlic and a whole clove to the stew.
   • Clove is a key ingredient in many pumpkin spice blends.
   • The recipe calls for a teaspoon of ground clove.

2. Garlic segmentA2formalculinary

   One of the small, separable segments that make up a bulb of garlic.

   gousse d'ail

   • Crush two cloves of garlic for the sauce.
   • The recipe requires three cloves of garlic, minced.
   • He peeled a clove of garlic and sliced it thinly.

3. Clove treeB2formalscientific

   A tropical evergreen tree (Syzygium aromaticum) that produces the clove spice.

   Giroflier

   • Clove trees are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.
   • The clove tree can grow up to 12 meters tall.
   • Farmers harvest clove buds by hand before they open.

• Verbe ayant deux sens opposés : fendre, séparer ou couper en deux, ou bien s'attacher fermement et fidèlement à quelque chose ou à quelqu'un.

A verb with two opposite meanings: to split or sever something, or to adhere firmly and loyally to something or someone.

verbe irrégulier

1. Split or divideB2formal

   To split or separate something, especially with a sharp tool or force.

   fendre

   • The lumberjack cleaved the log with a single stroke of his axe.
   • The lightning bolt cleaved the ancient oak tree in two.
   • The chef cleaved the chicken breast neatly down the middle.

   Synonymescutdividehewpartrendseparateseverslicesplitsunder

   Antonymesattachconnectjoinunite

2. Create by cuttingB2formal

   To make a path or opening by cutting through something.

   Fendre en coupant

   • The ship's bow cleaved a path through the icy waters.
   • The explorer cleaved a tunnel through the dense jungle.
   • The plow cleaved a furrow in the field.

   Synonymescuthewslicesplit

3. Adhere or clingB2formal

   To stick firmly to something or someone; to remain loyal or attached.

   Adhérer ou s'attacher

   • The barnacles cleaved to the hull of the ship.
   • She cleaved to her principles despite the pressure.
   • The child cleaved to his mother's hand in the crowded market.

   Synonymesadhereattachclingcoherehold faststick

   Antonymesdetachdisconnectdisjoinpartseparate