Definition of cleave

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

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Cleave :: Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost..
Dispart :: Dispart (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
Cohere :: Cohere (a.) To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin..
Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..
Clivers :: Clivers (n.) See Cleavers.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
Inhere :: Inhere (v. i.) To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Cleaved :: Cleaved (imp.) of Cleav.
Fissure :: Fissure (v. t.) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Clave :: Clave () imp. of Cleave.
Cloven :: Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t..
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