Cleave

[kliːv] or [kliv]

Definition

(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'.

Edited by Jacqueline--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Editor: Wilma

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Adhere, cohere, stick, hold, be attached.[2]. Cling, be united, be joined.[3]. Separate, divide, part, open, split, crack, be divided, be sundered, be severed.

v. a. Split, rive, tear asunder.

Checked by Horatio

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sunder, split, divide, adhere, rend, di?sever, stick

ANT:Conserve, unite, splice, bond, cement, agglutinate, consolidate, separate,depart, desert, apostatize, secede

Editor: Zeke

Definition

v.i. to stick or adhere: to unite:—pr.p. cleav′ing; pa.t. cleaved or clāve; pa.p. cleaved.—n. Cleav′ing the act of adhering.

v.t. to divide to split: to separate with violence: to go through: to pierce.—v.i. to part asunder: to crack:—pr.p. cleav′ing; pa.t. clōve or cleft; pa.p. clov′en or cleft.—adj. Cleav′able capable of being cleft.—ns. Cleav′age a condition of rocks in which they split easily into thin plates; Cleav′er one who or that which cleaves: a butcher's chopper; Cleav′ers Cliv′ers goose-grass—Galium aperine diuretic and sudorific.—adj. Cleav′ing splitting.

Typist: Trevor