ALL meanings of cleave
cleave
C c - verb cleave To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. 3
- verb cleave If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them. 3
- verb cleave to split or cause to split, esp along a natural weakness 3
- verb cleave to make by or as if by cutting 3
- verb cleave to penetrate or traverse 3
- verb cleave to cling or adhere 3
- verb transitive cleave to divide by a blow, as with an ax; split 3
- verb transitive cleave to pierce 3
- verb transitive cleave to sever; disunite 3
- intransitive verb cleave to split; separate; fall apart 3
- intransitive verb cleave to make one's way by or as by cutting 3
- intransitive verb cleave to adhere; cling (to) 3
- intransitive verb cleave to be faithful (to) 3
- noun cleave Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain. 1
- transitive verb cleave split 1
- intransitive verb cleave cling, stick to 1
- intransitive verb cleave belief: adhere to 1
- verb without object cleave to part or split, especially along a natural line of division. 1
- verb without object cleave to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually followed by through). 1
- verb with object cleave to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood. 1
- verb with object cleave to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness. 1
- verb with object cleave to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly. 1
- verb with object cleave to cut off; sever: to cleave a branch from a tree. 1
- noun cleave (technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass. 0
- verb cleave (Transitive Verb) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. 0
- verb cleave (Transitive Verb) (mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces. 0
- verb cleave (Transitive Verb) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting. 0
- verb cleave (Transitive Verb) (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules. 0
- verb cleave (Intransitive Verb) To split. 0
- verb cleave (Intransitive Verb) (mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division. 0
- verb cleave (Intransitive Verb) To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto. 0