cleavage
IPA: kɫˈivʌdʒ
noun
- The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
- The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
- (by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
- (biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
- (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
- (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
- (politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
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Examples of "cleavage" in Sentences
- It's apparently all in the cleavage.
- Cleavage of the substrate was monitored by measuring.
- So, her cleavage is going to prove liberals are liars?
- Determinate is the form of cleavage in most protostomes.
- They're delightful (that means her cleavage is incredible).
- Cleavage of the precursor generates alpha and beta subunits.
- Bond cleavage or scission is the splitting of chemical bonds.
- Bond cleavage, or scission, is the splitting of chemical bonds.
- Finally, survivin localizes to the midbody at the cleavage furrow.
- These seams are conformable with the slaty cleavage or schistosity.
- The products were analyzed as described for the cleavage reactions.
- In embryology, cleavage is the division of cells in the early embryo.
- Be sexy like this lady Everyone knows cleavage is the key to survival.
- I have a most excellent “fork in cleavage” picture to send to you when I return home.
- Apparently, the British word for "cleavage" is the same as the American word for "pre-pubescent"
- Turn we now to the consideration of some other phenomena to which the term cleavage may be applied.
- I also agree that a woman who doesn't need show off all that cleavage is much more attracting than one who does.
- I mean, accidental cleavage is one thing (not knowing a button is open, or a flash upon bending over), but overt and in your face cleavage is on purpose.
- Less cleavage than we see on television, or in print ads, or on a public billboard, but if that cleavage is associated with a nursing mother then knickers suddenly get twisted.