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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Rift :: Rift (v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds..
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.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost..
Fissure :: Fissure (v. t.) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
Dispart :: Dispart (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave..
Share :: Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
Catchweed :: Catchweed (n.) See Cleavers.
Clave :: Clave () imp. of Cleave.
Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..
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..
Discide :: Discide (v. t.) To divide; to cleave in two.
Clivers :: Clivers (n.) See Cleavers.
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for..
Froe :: Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
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