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  1. Clives: Vocabulary.com
  2. Clive's, Clives, clives: Wordnik
  3. clives: Wiktionary

(Note: See clive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Clive)

noun:  A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif).
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.
noun:  A village in Alberta.
noun:  A city in Iowa.
noun:  A town on the Clive River in Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.
noun:  An eastern suburb of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6766).
noun:  A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5124).
verb:  (intransitive) To climb; ascend.
noun:  Burdock or agrimony.
verb:  (transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
▸ Also see clive





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