cleavage

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.

   • […] the forces — the internal cleavages over class differences, the desire for "the good life," the white racist flight from the die schwartze — which shattered Jewish working-class community in the generation before mine.
2. 2

   The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low…

   The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.

   • Holonym: décolletage
   • Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage" (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections).
3. 3

   Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.

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   1. 4

      The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.

   2. 5

      The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.

   3. 6

      The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes

      The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity.

   4. 7

      The division of voters into voting blocs.

The neighborhood

• neighborcleave
• neighborcleft
• neighbordécolletage
• neighborspathic