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- pronunciation:
- kliv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cleaves, cleaving, cleaved, cleft, clove, cloven |
| definition 1: |
to cut apart by a splitting blow.
She cleaved the log into three sections.- synonyms:
- chop, cut, rive, split
- similar words:
- bifurcate, bisect, divide, hack, halve, hew, quarter, rend, rift, section, separate, sever, sunder
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| definition 2: |
to penetrate or pass through as if by splitting.
The jet plane cleaves the air.- synonyms:
- cut through, pass through, penetrate, sail through, shear, slice through
- similar words:
- clip, cut, rip through, slide through, slip through, tear
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| definition 3: |
to make by or as if by splitting.
They are cleaving a tunnel through the mountain.- similar words:
- bore, chop, cut
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| definition 4: |
to cut off, as with an ax.
- synonyms:
- chop, chop off, cut off, hack, hack off
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| related words: |
bust, chink, knife, part, rip, split, wedge |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to split or separate, esp. along a natural line.
The rock will cleave here.- synonyms:
- separate, split
- similar words:
- bifurcate, break, divide, fracture, rupture
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| definition 2: |
to go forward by or as if by splitting (usu. fol. by through).
The ship's prow was cleaving through the waves.- synonyms:
- slice
- similar words:
- cut, knife, rip, sail, slash, slide, slip, tear
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| related words: |
separate, split |
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