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Cleave
kliːv
Cleave definitions
verb
clove
cleft
cleaved
cloven
cleave
cleaves
cleaving
- split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain
"the large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire"
- split (a molecule) by breaking a particular chemical bond
- (of a cell) divide
"the egg cleaves to form a mulberry-shaped cluster of cells"
- make a way through (something) forcefully, as if by splitting it apart
"they watched a coot cleave the smooth water"