Definition of cleave

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Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost..

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Froe :: Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost..
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..
Wedge :: Wedge (v. t.) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive..
Cloven :: Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t..
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.
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
Cleaved :: Cleaved () of Cleav.
Fissure :: Fissure (v. t.) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
Scratchweed :: Scratchweed (n.) Cleavers.
Cleaved :: Cleaved (imp.) of Cleav.
Discide :: Discide (v. t.) To divide; to cleave in two.
Cleavelandite :: Cleavelandite (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Cleaved :: Cleaved (p. p.) of Cleav.
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..
Dispart :: Dispart (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave..
Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for..
Clave :: Clave () imp. of Cleave.
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