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lovi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cleft noun A narrow opening, crack, or V-shaped gap, especially in rock or in part of the body.
  • kerf noun The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
  • notch noun A V-shaped or angular cut or indentation in an edge or surface.
  • pleach verb To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.

Senses

lovi is used for these senses in English:

  • cleft An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
  • kerf The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
  • mortise (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. [from 14th c.]
  • pleach (horticulture) A notch cut into a branch so that it can be bent when pleaching is carried out.

cleft — full definition

  1. noun A narrow opening, crack, or V-shaped gap, especially in rock or in part of the body.
  2. adj Split or divided, especially by a deep crack or notch.

kerf — full definition

  1. noun The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
  2. noun The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
  3. noun The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
  4. noun The distance between diverging saw teeth.

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