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cleave 1 C0398900 (klēv)v. cleft (klĕft) or cleaved or clove (klōv), cleft or cleaved or clo·ven (klō′vən), cleav·ing, cleaves v.tr.1. To split with a sharp instrument. See Synonyms at tear1.2. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path through the ice.3. To pierce or penetrate: The wings cleaved the foggy air.4. Chemistry To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.v.intr.1. To split or be capable or splitting, especially along a natural line of division: Certain brittle woods cleave easily.2. To penetrate or pass through something, such as water or air.
[Middle English cleven, from Old English clēofan; see gleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
cleav′a·ble adj.
cleave 2 C0398900 (klēv)intr.v. cleaved, cleav·ing, cleaves 1. To adhere, cling, or stick fast.2. To be faithful: cleave to one's principles.
[Middle English cleven, from Old English cleofian.]cleav•a•ble (ˈkli və bəl)
adj. capable of being split. [1840–50] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | cleavable - capable of being cleaveddivisible - capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible" |
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