Cleave

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.

Compare cleave with other words:

cleave vs. sunder

cleave vs. sleave

clave vs. cleave

cleave vs. crevice

cleave vs. leave

cleave vs. cut

cleavable vs. cleave

break vs. cleave

cleave vs. rift

cleave vs. cleaved

cleave vs. heteronym

cleave vs. unto

cleave vs. stick

cleave vs. fast

cleave vs. cling

cleave vs. surface

cleave vs. glass

cleave vs. impact

cleave vs. facet

cleave vs. plane

cleave vs. symmetrical

cleave vs. crystallographic

cleave vs. wafer

cleave vs. crystal

cleave vs. sever

cleave vs. split

cleave vs. rive

cleave vs. content

cleave vs. cleaver

cleavage vs. cleave

cleave vs. cleft

adhere vs. cleave

cleave vs. slate