
1) Adhere 2) Adhere closely 3) Adhere or divide 4) Adhere or split 5) Be a real cut-up 6) Chop chops 7) Chop in two 8) Cling or part 9) Cold holiday split 10) Create a rift 11) Cut open 12) Cut through 13) Divide or cling 14) English boy name 15) Exclusively Anglo word 16) Exclusively Saxon word 17) Hack off
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1) Adhere 2) Cohere 3) Cut 4) Hew 5) Rend 6) Rip 7) Rive 8) Sever 9) Stick 10) Tear
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[fiber] A cleave in an optical fiber is a deliberate, controlled break, intended to create a perfectly flat endface, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fiber. Since there are no crystalline planes in glass, this process is not cleavage in the crystallographic sense of the word, although the techniques used and the finished result...
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• (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. • (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. • (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost. • (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to clin...
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Cleave (klēv)
intransitive verb [
imperfect Cleaved (klēvd),
Clave (klāv, Obsolete);
past participle Cleaved ;
present participle & verbal noun Cleaving .] [ Middle English
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Cleave intransitive verb To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground
cleaves by frost. « The Mount of Olives shall
cleave in the midst.
Zech. xiv. 4. »
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[
v] - make by cutting into 2. [v] - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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cleave (Janus word) To join (as in, 'to cleave unto') plus to separate or to divide.
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[Macbeth] (146) fit
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split verb separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; `cleave the bone`
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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.
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separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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[Literary terms] separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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[Intelligent words] separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
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