With feathered oars he cleaves the skies, and straight / on Libya's shores alighting, speeds his hest.
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Cleaves
//kliːvz//
Synonyms for "cleaves" (191 found)
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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
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The Ram is called in Egyptian ba on account of the digs which he makes with his head, and a force which has occasioned the name of 'ram' to be given to powerful engines. The Heron is also called ba because with its bill it cleaves the fishes which it attacks. And the word which we translate Soul or Spirit is called ba, because it is conceived as something which 'pierces, penetrates and divides.'
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