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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Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for..
Catchweed :: Catchweed (n.) See Cleavers.
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax..
Cleave :: Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
Froe :: Froe (n.) An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
Fissure :: Fissure (v. t.) To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
Clivers :: Clivers (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..
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..
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..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Cloven :: Cloven (p. p. & a.) from Cleave, v. t..
Cleaved :: Cleaved () of Cleav.
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Share :: Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
Enrive :: Enrive (v. t.) To rive; to cleave.
Clave :: Clave () imp. of Cleave.
Cleft :: Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Cleave :: Cleave (v. t.) To part or open naturally; to divide.
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