Cleave - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kliːv|  American pronunciation of the word cleave
Brit.  |kliːv|  British pronunciation of the word cleave

verb

- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (syn: rive, split)
cleave the bone
- make by cutting into
The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation (syn: adhere, cling, cohere, stick)

Extra examples

Our swift frigate cleaved through the water.

A good wife cleaves to her husband.

Loyal party members cleave to their party's political principles.

This material cleaves to the skin.

The wooden door had been cleft in two.

The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: cleave
he/she/it: cleaves
present participle: cleaving
past tense: cleaved or clovecleft
past participle: cleaved or cloven
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