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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cleave1 /kliv/USA pronunciation v. [~ + to + object], cleaved, cleav•ing. - to stick closely to;
cling:His tongue cleaved to the roof of his mouth. - to remain faithful: to cleave to one's principles.
cleave2 /kliv/USA pronunciation v., cleft /klɛft/USA pronunciation or cleaved or clove/kloʊv/USA pronunciation cleft or cleaved or clo•ven/ˈkloʊvən/USA pronunciation cleav•ing. - to (cause to) split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow: [no object]The wood cleaved in two clean pieces.[~ + object]He cleaved the wood in two neat pieces.
- [~ + object] to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness.
- [~ (+ through) + object] to penetrate or pass through (water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved (through) the water cleanly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cleave1 (klēv),USA pronunciation v.i., cleaved or (Archaic) clave;
cleaved;
cleav•ing. - to adhere closely;
stick;
cling (usually fol. by to). - to remain faithful (usually fol. by to):to cleave to one's principles in spite of persecution.
- Middle English cleven, Old English cleofian, cognate with Old High German klebēn (German kleben) bef. 900
- to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, esp. along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
- to make by or as if by cutting:to cleave a path through the wilderness.
- to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.):The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly.
- to cut off;
sever:to cleave a branch from a tree.
v.i. - to part or split, esp. along a natural line of division.
- to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually fol. by through).
- bef. 950; Middle English cleven, Old English clēofan, cognate with Old High German klioban (German klieben), Old Norse kljūfa; akin to Greek glýphein to carve, Latin glūbere to peel
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged halve, rend, rive.
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