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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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..
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..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
Catchweed :: Catchweed (n.) See Cleavers.
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Cohere :: Cohere (a.) To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Dispart :: Dispart (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or open naturally; to divide.
Cloven :: Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t..
Cleavelandite :: Cleavelandite (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure..
Enrive :: Enrive (v. t.) To rive; 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..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..
Clave :: Clave () imp. of Cleave.
Rift :: Rift (v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds..
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..
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