cleavage
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleftThe act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
» He was staring at her cleavage.
Er starrte auf ihr Dekolleté.
Er starrte auf ihren Ausschnitt.
Он пялился на её декольте.
Он пялился на ложбинку между её грудей.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
Kluft, Teilung, Spaltung
раско́лraskól, расщепле́ниеrasščeplénije
the act of cleaving or splitting
(countable, uncountable)The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
Holonym: décolletage
Dekolletee, Dekolleté
ложби́нкаložbínka, ме́жду груде́йméždu grudéj
the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
(countable, uncountable)The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
(countable, uncountable)The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
Spaltung
the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
(countable, uncountable)The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity.
Spaltneigung, Schieferung
(countable, uncountable)The division of voters into voting blocs.
Examples
7 sentencesHe was staring at her cleavage.
ruОн пялился на её декольте.
deEr starrte auf ihr Dekolleté.
The blonde girl has a really nice cleavage.
ruУ блондинки очень хорошее декольте.
Yumiko has a push-up bra, emphasising her cleavage.
She leaned forward, offering a breathtaking view of her cleavage.
deSie beugte sich vor und bot einen atemberaubenden Einblick in ihren Ausschnitt.
You and I shall part, and the cleavage will be hidden under living grass and flowers that laugh in the sun.
Translations
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Forms
plural: cleavagesSynonyms
2 synonyms- (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum:segmentation
Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable