English

Alternative forms

• clover-leaf

Adjective

cloverleaf ‎(not comparable)

1. In the form of the leaf of a clover plant; cloverleafed.

Derived terms

• cloverleaf interchange

Translations

Noun

cloverleaf ‎(plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) (see individual senses for plurals)

1. (with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant
2. (US) (with plural cloverleafs or cloverleaves) A cloverleaf interchange.

Derived terms

• cloverleaf antenna
• cloverleaf interchange
• cloverleaf model
• clover-leaf roll
• clover-leaf sight
• clover-leaf skull, cloverleaf skull
• cloverleaf stack
• clover leaf weevil

Translations

Verb

cloverleaf ‎(third-person singular simple present cloverleafs, present participle cloverleafing, simple past and past participle cloverleafed)

1. (intransitive) To turn by following a cloverleaf, or as if by following one.
   • 2003, David Maraniss, They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967,

     Hay told a military historian that Allen precipitated “the debacle” by “allowing his lead company to pursue the VC down the trail” instead of forming a perimeter and cloverleafing at the first sign of the enemy.