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cleave
verb
(cleave)
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Synonyms:
rive
,
split
,
Examples:
Cleave the bone.
cleave
verb
(cleave)
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Synonyms:
adhere
,
cling
,
cohere
,
stick
,
cleave
verb
(cleave)
make by cutting into
Examples:
The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock.
Words Related to
cleave
!
split
,
rive
,
hew
,
rend
,
adhere
,
sever
,
cleftgraft
,
meld
,
sunder
,
derange
,
cohere
,
coalesce
,
conjoin
,
deform
,
cohabit
,
impale
,
interpenetrate
,
ossify
,
perforates
,
abrade
,
fused
,
intertwine
,
subsume
,
cling
,
binds
,
fissured
,
carve
,
fossilize
,
enfold
,
pulverize
,
merge
,
pedatifid
,
oscillate
,
coagulate
,
entwine
,
serrated
,
fissilingual
,
disembowel
,
protrude
,
encrust
,
wedded
,
denature
,
congeal
,
betray
,
forsake
,
explicate
,
peel
,
hybridize
,
intersect
,
estrange
,
recombine
,
elide
,
castrates
,
dissociate
,
peritomous
,
diverge
,
limned
,
veer
,
commingle
,
copulate
,
desiccate
,
calcify
,
eviscerate
,
homogenise
,
bisect
,
ravish
,
tweeze
,
ensconce
,
sublimate
,
petrify
,
elucidate
,
encapsulate
,
disintegrate
,
extrude
,
exalt
,
unite
,
careen
,
yoking
,
entangling
,
confect
,
pierce
,
individuated
,
interweave
,
counterpoised
,
superposed
,
circumscribes
,
contort
,
interlace
,
imbed
,
graven
,
flatten
,
despise
,
resorb
,
deconstruct
,
devour
,
translocate
,
weave
,
tease
,
occlude
,
procreate
,
cleave
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