cleavage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being split or cleft
there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
Types & categories
- chemical process hypernym
Sense 3 noun
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
Types & categories
- cell division hypernym
Parts & wholes
- maternity part holonym
Related & opposite
- embryology domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
Types & categories
- region hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the act of cleaving or splitting
Types & categories
- division hypernym
Related & opposite
- cleave derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical process |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | embryology |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | maternity |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cell division |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | region |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleave |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | division |