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v. To split with or as if with a sharp instrument. See Synonyms at tear1.

v. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path through the ice.

v. To pierce or penetrate: The wings cleaved the foggy air.

v. Chemistry To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

verb-intransitive. Mineralogy To split or separate, especially along a natural line of division.

verb-intransitive. To penetrate or pass through something, such as water or air.

verb-intransitive. To adhere, cling, or stick fast.

verb-intransitive. To be faithful: cleave to one's principles.

v. To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.

v. To split or sever something or as if with a sharp instrument.

v. 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.

v. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

v. To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

v. To split.

v. Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.

n. Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.

verb-intransitive. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

verb-intransitive. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

verb-intransitive. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.

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

v. To part or open naturally; to divide.

verb-intransitive. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies.

To stick; adhere; be attached; cling: often used figuratively.

To fit closely.

To part or divide by force; rend apart; split or rive; separate or sunder into parts, or (figuratively) seem to do so: as, to cleave wood; to cleave a rock.

To produce or effect by cleavage or clearance; make a way for by force; hew out: as, to cleave a path through a wilderness.

. To part or open naturally.

Synonyms Split, Rip, etc. See rend.

To come apart; divide; split; open; especially, to split with a smooth plane fracture, or in layers, as certain minerals and rocks. See cleavage, 2 and 3.

In agriculture, to replow (old ridges) in such a manner as to divide each in the middle. See cleaving. Also split.

n. In mining, a subdivision of a bed, usually of iron ore; a bench.

n. A basket or basketful: as a cleave of potatoes, or of turf.

v. make by cutting into

v. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

"Like the word "cleave," there are two meanings involved in the word "occupy," one of which is the exact opposite of the other."

cleaved    cleaves    cleaving    cleft    clove    cloven   

create    make   

split   

cleft    cleavage   

cloven    cleft    clove   

fit    assimilate    divide    part    open    crack    separate    stick    split    shear   

Eve    Kleve    Neave    Rajiv    Steve    achieve    aggrieve    aleve    believe    bereave   

crevice    ravine    chasm    clove    cleft    crag    mace    ledge    ridge    glen