Antonyms for cleavage
ˈkli vɪdʒcleav·age

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1. cleavagenoun

   Synonyms:
   intermammary sulcus

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1. • Area
   • Cell Division
   • Chemical Process
   • Division
   • Embryology
   • State

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1. cleavagenoun

   the state of being split or cleft

   "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"

   Synonyms:
   segmentation

2. cleavagenoun

   the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules

   Synonyms:
   segmentation

3. cleavage, segmentationnoun

   (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

   Synonyms:
   division, sectionalization, segmentation, partitioning, sectionalisation, partition

4. cleavagenoun

   the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)

   Synonyms:
   segmentation

5. cleavagenoun

   the act of cleaving or splitting

   Synonyms:
   segmentation

How to use cleavage in a sentence?

1. David Asher:

   The most genetically unusual piece of the puzzle and the sequence is a 'furin cleavage site', which allows the virus to spread from bats to humans, and among humans in a highly pathogenic way.

2. Raivon Lee:

   Many times, you will see more 'cleavage' in the name of fashion than you ever would from a mom feeding her child.

3. Steven Quay:

   These gene jockeys have put in a furin site into a virus that didn't have one in the laboratory, eleven out of 11 times it makes it more effective, more transmissible, more lethal -- all the bad things you'd want. So if you want to juice up a virus and make it more infective or make it go from bats to humans, putting in a furin cleavage site is a great idea.

4. Hulya Gulbahar:

   In a majority of Turkey's female abuse cases, the perpetrators receive mitigations in their sentences due to court's detection of consent granted by the victim, in some cases, wearing a miniskirt or some cleavage got the woman's rapist mitigation in his punishment, while in some cases the consent was attached to her wearing red.

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