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Definition of Cleave

1. Verb. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. "The girls cleave the wooden sticks"; "Cleave the bone"

2. Verb. Make by cutting into. "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

3. Verb. Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. "The sushi rice grains cohere"

Definition of Cleave

1. v. i. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

2. v. t. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

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

Definition of Cleave

1. Verb. (transitive) To split or sever something or as if with a sharp instrument. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To split. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division. ¹

7. Noun. (technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To be faithful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cleave

1. to split or divide [v CLEAVED, CLEFT, CLOVE or CLAVE, CLOVEN, CLEAVING, CLEAVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleave

cleated cleating cleats cleavable cleavage cleavage cavity cleavage cell cleavage division cleavage furrows cleavage lines

cleavage product cleavage site cleavage spindle cleavages cleave (current term) cleaved cleaved cell cleavelandite cleavelandites cleaver

cleavers cleaves cleaveth cleaving cleche clechy cleck clecked clecking

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