英语词汇“cleave”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cleavecleave /kliv/ verb (past tense cleaved, clove /kloʊv/, cleft /klɛft/, past participle cleaved, cloven /ˈkloʊvən/, cleft)

ETYMOLOGYcleave

Origin: Old English cleofan. cleave to Old English clifian

VERB TABLE

cleave

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	cleave
	he, she, it	cleaves
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	cleaved, cleft, clove
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have cleaved, cleft, clove, cloven
	he, she, it	has cleaved, cleft, clove, cloven
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had cleaved, cleft, clove, cloven
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cleave
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have cleaved, cleft, clove, cloven

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cleaving
	he, she, it	is cleaving
	you, we, they	are cleaving
Past	I, he, she, it	was cleaving
	you, we, they	were cleaving
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cleaving
	he, she, it	has been cleaving
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cleaving
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cleaving
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cleaving

1[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive always + adv./prep.] literary to cut something into separate parts using a heavy tool: The wooden door had been cleft in two.2cleave the air/darkness etc. literary to move quickly through the air, etc.: His fist cleft the air.cleave to somebody/something phrasal verb1formal to be faithful to an idea, belief, or person: John still cleaves to his romantic ideals.2literary to stick to someone or something, or to seem to surround someone