impf cleft.
2. clove ·- of cleave.
3. clove ·noun a weight. a clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
4. clove ·noun one of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
5. clove ·vt a cleft; a gap; a ravine;
rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, kaaterskill clove; stone clove.
6. clove ·noun a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (eugenia, / caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the molucca isles.