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Defenition of the word cleave

    • Defenition of the word cleave

      • To come or be in close contact with; to stick or hold together and resist separation.
      • make by cutting into
      • separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
      • come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
      • 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
      • separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

    Synonyms for the word cleave

      • chop
      • cut
      • hew
      • rive
      • slash
      • slice
      • smite
      • split

    Similar words in the cleave

      • cleave
      • cleaved
      • cleaver
      • cleaver's
      • cleavers
      • cleaves

    Hyponyms for the word cleave

      • agglutinate
      • conglutinate
      • laminate
      • maul
      • mold

    Hypernyms for the word cleave

      • adjoin
      • contact
      • create
      • make
      • meet
      • tear
      • touch

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