The explorers were unable to cleave a path through the jungle.
Source: tatoeba (2327337)
Cleave
//kliv//
Synonyms for "cleave" (191 found)
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Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
hewholdhold fasthold onhold on tohold tighthold togetherhugin halfincisejigsawjoinkeep hold oflancelay openlinkmake mincemeat ofmassmirenever let go
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nipnucleizeopeopenopen upparepartpersistpick to piecesprunepull in piecespull to piecespulverizeramifyreduce to rubblerendrentriftripriverupturesawscissorsectionsegmentseparatesetsevershatterslashsliceslitslotsmashsmash the atomsnapsnipsolidifysplitsplit in twospreadspread outspringspring openstaystay putstickstick tostick togethersubdividesunderswing opentake aparttake hold oftapteartear aparttear opentear to piecestear to shredstear to tattersthrow opentotaltransecttrenchunbuildundouniteunmakewhittlewrack upwreck
Verb(3 words)
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2 entriesderived
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2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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8 entriesTranslations
128 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σχίζω verb (transitive to split or sever)
Arabic
4 entries- شَرَمَ verb (transitive to split or sever)
- شَقَّ verb (transitive to split or sever)
- صَدَعَ verb (transitive to split or sever)
- فَسَخَ verb (transitive to split or sever)
Balinese
2 entries- belah verb (transitive to split or sever)
- tebih verb (transitive to split or sever)
Bashkir
1 entries- йәбешеү verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
Belarusian
4 entries- кало́ць verb (transitive to split or sever)
- раско́лваць verb (transitive to split or sever)
- расшчапля́ць verb (transitive to split or sever)
- расшчапля́ць verb (transitive to split or sever)
Bulgarian
4 entries- оставам верен на verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
- разцепвам verb (transitive to split or sever)
- разцепвам verb (transitive mineralogy)
- разцепвам verb (transitive chemistry)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 劈開 /劈开 verb (transitive to split or sever)
Czech
4 entries- proříznout verb (transitive to split or sever)
- rozetnout verb (transitive to split or sever)
- rozetnout verb (intransitive to split)
- rozříznout verb (transitive to split or sever)
Danish
2 entries- klæbe verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
- kløve verb (transitive to split or sever)
Dutch
2 entries- klieven verb (transitive to split or sever)
- splitsen verb (intransitive to split)
Egyptian
1 entries- z:n-z:n-T30 verb (transitive to split or sever)
Finnish
4 entries- haljeta verb (intransitive to split)
- halkaista verb (transitive to split or sever)
- halkoa verb (transitive to split or sever)
- halkoa verb (transitive figurative)
French
4 entries- cliver verb (transitive to split or sever)
- cliver verb (transitive mineralogy)
- cliver verb (transitive figurative)
- cliver verb (transitive chemistry)
Galician
4 entries- fender verb (transitive to split or sever)
- partir verb (transitive to split or sever)
- tallar verb (transitive to split or sever)
- tronzar verb (transitive to split or sever)
Georgian
3 entries- გაკვეთა verb (transitive to split or sever)
- გაპობა verb (transitive to split or sever)
- გაჭრა verb (transitive to split or sever)
German
2 entries- kleben verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
- spalten verb (transitive to split or sever)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kōhi verb (transitive to split or sever)
Hungarian
1 entries- hasít verb (transitive to split or sever)
Icelandic
2 entries- kljúfa verb (transitive to split or sever)
- láta klofna verb (transitive to split or sever)
Italian
4 entries- fendere verb (transitive to split or sever)
- ritagliarsi verb (transitive figurative)
- scindere verb (transitive chemistry)
- spaccare verb (intransitive to split)
Japanese
1 entries- 割る verb (transitive to split or sever)
Korean
1 entries- 쪼개다 verb (transitive to split or sever)
Latin
1 entries- haereo verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
Malay
1 entries- belah verb (transitive to split or sever)
Māori
4 entries- kari verb (transitive to split or sever)
- matakahi verb (transitive to split or sever)
- mākahi verb (transitive to split or sever)
- tohi verb (transitive to split or sever)
Norwegian
1 entries- kløyve verb (transitive to split or sever)
Occitan
4 entries- asclar verb (transitive to split or sever)
- asclar verb (intransitive to split)
- clivar verb (transitive mineralogy)
- clivar verb (transitive figurative)
Old English
1 entries- clēofan verb (transitive to split or sever)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- یارمق verb (transitive to split or sever)
- یاپشمق verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
Persian
1 entries- شقه کردن verb (transitive to split or sever)
Portuguese
2 entries- partir verb (transitive to split or sever)
- talhar verb (transitive to split or sever)
Romanian
1 entries- despica verb (transitive to split or sever)
Russian
4 entries- клеиться verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
- коло́ть verb (transitive to split or sever)
- разре́зать verb (transitive to split or sever)
- разреза́ть verb (transitive to split or sever)
Samoan
1 entries- tofi verb (transitive to split or sever)
Sanskrit
2 entries- तृन्त्ते verb (transitive to split or sever)
- भिनत्ति verb (transitive to split or sever)
Spanish
4 entries- adherirse verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
- aferrarse verb (to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something)
- escindir verb (transitive chemistry)
- hender verb (transitive to split or sever)
Swedish
4 entries- klyva verb (transitive to split or sever)
- klyva verb (transitive chemistry)
- klyva sig verb (intransitive to split)
- klyvas verb (intransitive to split)
Tahitian
1 entries- tohi verb (transitive to split or sever)
Turkish
1 entries- yarmak verb (transitive to split or sever)
Ukrainian
4 entries- коло́ти verb (transitive to split or sever)
- розко́лювати verb (transitive to split or sever)
- розще́плювати verb (transitive to split or sever)
- розщепи́ти verb (transitive to split or sever)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
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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