cleave to sth
literary— phrasal verb with cleave uk/kliːv/us/kliːv/verb [ I ] cleaved or US also clove, cleaved or US also cloven literary or old use
to stick or hold firmly onto something:
The ancient ivy cleaved to the ruined castle walls.
to continue to believe firmly in something:
People in the remote mountain villages still cleave to their old traditions.
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Glues, gluing & stickiness
- adhere
- adhesion
- adhesive
- Blu-Tack
- cement
- fixative
- gloop
- glue
- gluey
- glutinous
- gum
- gummy
- honeydew
- plaster
- propanone
- putty
- slimy
- stick-on
- sticky
- tacky
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