cleave
verb
1 cleave
Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument:
— Cleave the bone.
synonyms: rive, split.
Roget 44:
be disjoined
&c.;
come off,
fall off,
come to pieces,
fall to pieces;
peel off;
get loose.
disjoin,
disconnect,
disengage,
disunite,
dissociate,
dispair†;
divorce,
part,
dispart†,
detach,
separate,
cut off,
rescind,
segregate;
set apart,
keep apart;
insulate,
isolate;
throw out of gear;
cut adrift;
loose;
unloose,
undo,
unbind,
unchain,
unlock
etc.
(fix)
43,
unpack,
unravel;
disentangle;
set free
etc.
(liberate)
750.
sunder,
divide,
subdivide,
sever,
dissever,
abscind†;
circumcise;
cut;
incide†,
incise;
saw,
snip,
nib,
nip,
cleave,
rive,
rend,
slit,
split,
splinter,
chip,
crack,
snap,
break,
tear,
burst;
rend
&c.,
rend asunder,
rend in twain;
wrench,
rupture,
shatter,
shiver,
cranch†,
crunch,
craunch†,
chop;
cut up,
rip up;
hack,
hew,
slash;
whittle;
haggle,
hackle,
discind†,
lacerate,
scamble†,
mangle,
gash,
hash,
slice.
cut up,
carve,
dissect,
anatomize;
dislimb†;
take to pieces,
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces,
tear to pieces;
tear to tatters,
tear piecemeal,
tear limb from limb;
divellicate†;
skin
etc.
226;
disintegrate,
dismember,
disbranch†,
disband;
disperse
etc.
73;
dislocate,
disjoint;
break up;
mince;
comminute
etc.
(pulverize)
330;
apportion
etc.
786.
part,
part company;
separate,
leave.
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2 cleave
3 cleave
Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.
synonyms: adhere, cling, cohere, stick.
Roget 46:
cohere,
adhere,
stick,
cling,
cleave,
hold,
take hold of,
hold fast,
close with,
clasp,
hug;
grow together,
hang together;
twine round
etc.
(join)
43.
stick like a leech,
stick like wax;
stick close;
cling like ivy,
cling like a bur;
adhere like a remora,
adhere like Dejanira's shirt.
glue;
agglutinate,
conglutinate†;
cement,
lute,
paste,
gum;
solder,
weld;
cake,
consolidate
etc.
(solidify)
321;
agglomerate.
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Dutch: vasthouden, klampen, klemmen, kleven, klitten, pakken, plakken
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