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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Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Catchweed :: Catchweed (n.) See Cleavers.
Clave :: Clave () imp. of Cleave.
Cleaved :: Cleaved (imp.) of Cleav.
Clivers :: Clivers (n.) See Cleavers.
Share :: Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
Cohere :: Cohere (a.) To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or open naturally; to divide.
Discide :: Discide (v. t.) To divide; to cleave in two.
Cloven :: Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
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.
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
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..
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..
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..
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
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