How do you pronounce cleaves?

The recorded pronunciation is /kliːvz/.

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cleaves

/kliːvz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English

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How do you pronounce cleaves?: The recorded pronunciation is /kliːvz/.
What does cleaves mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of cleave

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