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Definitions for Cleave

[1] to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually followed by to ).
[2] to remain faithful (usually followed by to ): to cleave to one's principles in spite of persecution.
[3] to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, especially along a natural line of division, as the grain of wood.
[4] to make by or as if by cutting: to cleave a path through the wilderness.
[5] to penetrate or pass through (air, water, etc.): The bow of the boat cleaved the water cleanly.
[6] to cut off; sever: to cleave a branch from a tree.
[7] to part or split, especially along a natural line of division.
[8] to penetrate or advance by or as if by cutting (usually followed by through ).
[9] to split or cause to split, esp along a natural weakness
[10] (tr) to make by or as if by cutting to cleave a path
[11] (when intr, foll by through ) to penetrate or traverse
[12] (intr foll by to ) to cling or adhere

Words related to Cleave

hew, sunder, rive, pierce, cut, rend, separate, divorce, dissect, hack, rip, chop, crack, part, stab, slice, disunite, carve, open, whack

Words nearby Cleave

cleavage division, cleavage line, cleavage product, cleavage site, cleavage spindle, cleave, cleaver, cleavers, cleburne, cleck, cleek

Origin of Cleave

2before 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

Other words from Cleave

cleav·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Cleave

Old English cleofian; related to Old High German klebēn to stick

Synonyms for Cleave

hew, sunder, carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, whack, tear asunder