clave

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 See also 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Quotations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Anagrams 3 Spanish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

clave (plural claves)

1. (music) One half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other.

[edit] See also

Wikipedia article on claves

[edit] Verb

clave

1. (archaic, obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of cleave.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1], Genesis, 22:3

  And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[2], Ruth 1:14

  And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

• 1868, Thomas Malory, Chapter 11, Le Morte D'Arthur:

1. • Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acelv
• calve

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

clave f.

1. Plural form of clava.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acelv
• calve

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin clavis, key

[edit] Noun

clave f. (plural claves)

1. key (to a problem or puzzle)
2. password

[edit] Synonyms

• (password): contraseña

[edit] Related terms

• clavichord
• conclave
• llave f.