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cleave

/ cleave /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"
Type of:
tear
Kinds of:
maul laminate
Derived:
rent rip split snag tear
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 2
make by cutting into
"The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
Type of:
make create
Derived:
cleft
Verb group:
split rive
Entails:
cut
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
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"
Type of:
touch adjoin meet
Kinds of:
mold conglutinate agglutinate
Derived:
coherence coherency cohesion cohesiveness adhesiveness
Verb group:
adhere hold fast bond bind stick
Entails:
attach
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
54%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
3
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tear maul laminate make create touch adjoin meet mold conglutinate agglutinate