cleave

[cleave]

Cleave, a verb, has two very different meanings. It can describe cutting or splitting something apart with a sharp instrument, or oddly enough it can describe sticking to something like glue.

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To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

Verb
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

Verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

Verb
make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

v. i.
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

v. i.
To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

v. i.
To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.

v. t.
To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

v. t.
To part or open naturally; to divide.

v. i.
To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

Cleave

Cleave , v. t. [imp. Cleft , Clave , Clove , (Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved or Cloven ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle'a2fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj'd4fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl'94ve and prob. to Gr. to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

2. To pert or open naturally; to divide.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws.

Cleave

Cleave, v. i. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst.

To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

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Usage Examples

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

Misspelled Form

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