cloven hoof in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cloven hoof in the English»French Dictionary

I.cleave <pret clove or cleaved, pp cleft or cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB trans

II.cleave <pret cleaved, or clave, dated pp cleaved> [Brit kliːv, Am kliv] VB intr liter

hoof <pl hoofs or hooves> [Brit huːf, Am hʊf, huf] N (of horse, cow)

cloven hoof in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cloven hoof in the English»French Dictionary

cleave <-ed, -ed [or cleft, cleft [or clove, cloven]]> [kliv] VB trans

I.hoof <hooves [or hoofs]> [hʊf] N (hard covering on animal's foot)

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
When the diver grasped the hand of the figure, instead of a hand, he found that he was grasping a cloven hoof!
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Magnus eyes me disdainfully, turns on his cloven hoof and plods off, following the trail of food.
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You were looking for the cloven hoof, to be honest.
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Under the table she saw the cloven hoof of the stranger.
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The name derives from the feet, which are carved to resemble a deer's cloven hoof.
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He may or may not have stroked his goatee and shaken a cloven hoof at me.
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Among them were red eyes at windows, swarms of flies, the imprint of cloven hoofs in the snow, and voices screaming at them to get out.
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Sometimes the hulling machine partially crushes a soft bean, giving the bean a shape resembling a cloven hoof.
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As the stakes grew higher, cards fell from the table, and the stranger was seen to have a cloven hoof.
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Dipping down to recover her hand, she saw that the stranger had a cloven hoof.
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