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Definitions for Cleaved

[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 Cleaved

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

Words nearby Cleaved

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

Origin of Cleaved

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 Cleaved

cleav·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Cleaved

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

Synonyms for Cleaved

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