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cleave to sth
cleave to sth LITERARY — phrasal verb with cleave /kliːv/ verb [I] (cleaved or US ALSO clove, cleaved or US ALSO cloven) LITERARY OR OLD USE
1 F0 to stick or hold firmly onto something: » The ancient ivy cleaved to the ruined castle walls.Thesaurus+: ↑Glues and gluing and stickiness2 F0 to continue to believe firmly in something: » People in the remote mountain villages still cleave to their old traditions.Thesaurus+: ↑Believing |