Cleave

/kliv/

Synonyms for "cleave" (222 found)

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Closest matches (45)

Verb(7 words)

adhere cling split stick axed break cleft

abide accelerate activate adhereadhere toagglomerate amputate associate atomize attach ax bifurcate bisect bite bombard branch breach breakbreak to piecesbroach

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bunch butcherby twocarve check chink chop claspcleave toclench clinch clingcling toclip clot

Adjective(1 words)

bifoliate

Noun(2 words)

choppering chops

Strong matches (66)

Noun(5 words)

clove cloves dividingfission energyfissures

Adjective(2 words)

cloven fractured

cluster clutch coagulate coalesce cohere combine congeal conglomerate conjoin crack crevasse cross-bombard cutcut apartcut awaycut in twocut offcut opendemolish dichotomize

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dimidiate disassemble disintegrate dismantle dispart dissect dissever ditch divaricate divide divorce embrace excise fasten fission fissurefly openfork fracture fragmentfreeze tofurrow gap gash grapple grasp grip gripe groovegrow togetherhack halve

Verb(7 words)

cohere crack dichotomy disjunction division fissure gap

Related words (111)

Verb(7 words)

halvehold fastrifted rive schism sever sunders

hang onhang on tohang togetherhew holdhold fasthold onhold on tohold tighthold togetherhugin halfincise jigsaw joinkeep hold oflancelay openlinkmake mincemeat of

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mass mirenever let gonip nucleize ope openopen uppare part persistpick to piecesprunepull in piecespull to piecespulverize ramifyreduce to rubblerend rent rift rip rive rupture saw scissor section segment separate set sever shatter slash slice slit slot smashsmash the atomsnap snip solidify splitsplit in twospreadspread outspringspring openstaystay putstickstick tostick togethersubdivide sunderswing opentake aparttake hold oftap teartear aparttear opentear to piecestear to shredstear to tattersthrow opentotal transect trench unbuild undo unite unmake whittlewrack upwreck

Noun(8 words)

rifting rifts sheers slashing splits splitting sundering tomahawks

Adjective(1 words)

riven

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

14 entries

adjoin contact create discontinuity disparity divisionintransitive verbmake meet opening tear touchtransitive verbverb

More specific

11 entries

adhere cleft cling crack faction fissure halve schism sever split stick

Collocations

11 entries

cleavage planecleavage strengthcleave apartcleave throughcleave tocleave to principlescleave to traditiongeological cleavagemineral cleavagenatural cleavageplane of cleavage

Inflections

3 entries

cleaved cleaves cleaving

Derivations

3 entries

cleavable cleavage cleaver

similar

8 entries

adhere bind bondhold fastrive split stickstick to

Translations

15 translations across 7 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

разцепвам verb (transitive mineralogy)
разцепвам verb (transitive chemistry)

Finnish

2 entries

lohkaista verb (transitive mineralogy)
lohkaista verb (transitive chemistry)

French

3 entries

cliver verb (transitive mineralogy)
cliver verb (transitive chemistry)
tailler verb (transitive mineralogy)

Italian

2 entries

scindere verb (transitive chemistry)
tagliare verb (transitive mineralogy)

Occitan

3 entries

clivar verb (transitive mineralogy)
clivar verb (transitive chemistry)
talhar verb (transitive mineralogy)

Spanish

2 entries

escindir verb (transitive chemistry)
tallar verb (transitive mineralogy)

Swedish

1 entries

klyva verb (transitive chemistry)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The explorers were unable to cleave a path through the jungle.

Source: tatoeba (2327337)

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not, if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy.

Source: tatoeba (2837209)

"Soft snares I purpose round the queen to weave, / and wrap her soul in flames, that power malign / shall never change her, but her heart shall cleave / fast to AEneas with a love like mine."

Source: tatoeba (6798668)

Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Source: tatoeba (7934982)

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