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单词 cleave
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cleaveverb [ I ]

uk/kliːv/us/kliːv/cleaved or US also clove, cleaved or US also cloven literary or old use

to separate or divide, or cause something to separate or divide, often violently:

With one blow of the knight's axe, he clove the rock in twain (= into two pieces).

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Separating and dividing

  • atomize
  • bifurcate
  • bifurcation
  • bisect
  • borderline
  • branch
  • dismember
  • dissociate
  • dissociate yourself from sth
  • disunite
  • divide
  • divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
  • drift
  • quarter
  • ravel
  • resolve
  • resolve sth into sth
  • rive
  • riven
  • tear 1

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cleaveverb [ I/T ]

/kliv/past tense and past participle cleaved, cleft or clove, past participle cleaved, cleft or cloven, present participle cleaving

to cut or break into two or more parts:

[ I ] The volcano cleaved nearly in half after its last eruption.
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