Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.

    Kluft, Teilung, Spaltung

    раско́лraskól, расщепле́ниеrasščeplénije

    the act of cleaving or splitting

  2. (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)

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.

    (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

  5. (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

  6. (countable, uncountable)The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity.

    Spaltneigung, Schieferung

  7. (countable, uncountable)The division of voters into voting blocs.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. He was staring at her cleavage.

    ruОн пялился на её декольте.

    deEr starrte auf ihr Dekolleté.

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  2. The blonde girl has a really nice cleavage.

    ruУ блондинки очень хорошее декольте.

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  3. Yumiko has a push-up bra, emphasising her cleavage.

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  4. She leaned forward, offering a breathtaking view of her cleavage.

    deSie beugte sich vor und bot einen atemberaubenden Einblick in ihren Ausschnitt.

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  5. You and I shall part, and the cleavage will be hidden under living grass and flowers that laugh in the sun.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
biology: cell division:
the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft:
separation between breasts:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
biology: cell division:
the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft:
separation between breasts:
mineralogy: tendency of a crystal to split:
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