cleave

Definition of cleave

Verbs

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"
Synonyms:
rive, split
Types:
maul
split (wood) with a maul and wedges
laminate
split (wood) into thin sheets
Type of:
tear
to separate or be separated by force
make by cutting into
"The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
Synonyms:
rive, split
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Type of:
create, make
make or cause to be or to become
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Synonyms:
adhere, cling, cohere, stick
bind, bond, hold fast, stick to
stick to firmly
Types:
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mold
fit tightly, follow the contours of
conglutinate
stick together
agglutinate
clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
haemagglutinate, hemagglutinate
cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
Type of:
adjoin, contact, meet, touch
be in direct physical contact with; make contact

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