—clove /kləʊv/ aep /kloʊv/
noun [C or U] (SPICE)
► F0 a small, dark brown dried flower of an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves), used as a spice: » The ham was studded with cloves.» sweet spices such as ginger and cloveThesaurus+: ↑Herbs and spicesnoun [C] (PLANT PART)
► F0 a small separate part of a bulb of garlic (= a plant used in cooking): » This recipe takes four cloves of garlic.See picture: a clove of garlic 
Thesaurus+: ↑Parts of plants
verb
► F0 PAST SIMPLE OF CLEAVE(Cf. ↑cleave)- ↑Inability and awkwardness
- ↑In and at
- ↑In bad condition
- ↑Including and containing
- ↑Incomplete
- ↑Inconsiderate
- ↑Inconvenience
- ↑Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
- ↑Increasing and intensifying
- ↑Indistinct and invisible
- ↑Industrial action
- ↑Industrial processing
- ↑Industrial relations
- ↑Industry and industrial processes
- ↑Inevitable
- ↑Inexperienced (of people)
- ↑Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- ↑Infidelity in relationships
- ↑Informal measurements of volume
- ↑Informal talking and conversation
- ↑Informal words for bad
- ↑Informal words for good
- ↑Informal words for money
- ↑Informal words for nationalities and races
- ↑Informal words for parties