Definition of cleave

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

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Catchweed :: Catchweed (n.) See Cleavers.
Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura..
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for..
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Cleaved :: Cleaved (p. p.) of Cleav.
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Cleaved :: Cleaved () of Cleav.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
Enrive :: Enrive (v. t.) To rive; to cleave.
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..
Cohere :: Cohere (a.) To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass..
Scratchweed :: Scratchweed (n.) Cleavers.
Cloven :: Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t..
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..
Discide :: Discide (v. t.) To divide; to cleave in two.
Froe :: Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
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..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
Dispart :: Dispart (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave..
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
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