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cleave

1

[ kleev ]

verb (used without object)

cleaved or (Archaic) clave; cleaved; cleaving.
  1. to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually followed by to ).
  2. to remain faithful (usually followed by to ):

    to cleave to one's principles in spite of persecution.



cleave

2

[ kleev ]

verb (used with object)

cleft or cleaved or clove, cleft or cleaved or cloven, cleaving.
  1. to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to make by or as if by cutting:

    to cleave a path through the wilderness.

  3. to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.):

    The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly.

  4. to cut off; sever:

    to cleave a branch from a tree.

verb (used without object)

cleft or cleaved or clove, cleft or cleaved or cloven, cleaving.
  1. to part or split, especially along a natural line of division.
  2. to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually followed by through ).

cleave

1

/ 办濒颈藧惫 /

verb

  1. to split or cause to split, esp along a natural weakness
  2. tr to make by or as if by cutting

    to cleave a path

  3. whenintr, foll by through to penetrate or traverse
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cleave

2

/ 办濒颈藧惫 /

verb

  1. intrfoll byto to cling or adhere
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠濒别补惫补产濒别, adjective
  • 藢肠濒别补惫补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠濒别补惫路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cleave1

First recorded before 900; Middle English cleven, Old English cleofian, clifian, cognate with Old High German 办濒别产脓苍, German kleben

Origin of cleave2

First recorded before 950; Middle English cleven, Old English 肠濒脓辞蹿补苍, cognate with Old High German klioban, German klieben, Old Norse 办濒箩奴蹿补; akin to Greek 驳濒媒辫丑别颈苍 鈥渢o carve,鈥 Latin 驳濒奴产别谤别 鈥渢o peel鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cleave1

Old English 肠濒脓辞蹿补苍; related to Old Norse 办濒箩奴蹿补, Old High German klioban, Latin 驳濒奴产别谤别 to peel

Origin of cleave2

Old English cleofian; related to Old High German 办濒别产脓苍 to stick
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Mariam brings all that style, wit and brilliance to 鈥淟iquid: A Love Story,鈥 a novel that cleaves itself in two.

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When it arrives, in simple letters against a black backdrop, it doesn鈥檛 so much introduce the film as cleave it in half.

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The waterway was cleaved across the most narrow section of the Panamanian isthmus in the late 1800s and early 1900s, by French and then U.S. engineers.

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If not for Demi Moore literally and figuratively carrying 鈥淭he Substance鈥 on her cleaved back, it wouldn鈥檛 be on this list at all.

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The Scottish Premiership leaders enjoyed almost 70% possession but struggled to cleave out clear chances against a Croatian side hampered by injuries.

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