Definitions of cleave

1. To adhere or cling to; to fit.

2. To part asunder; to crack.

3. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

4. To part or open naturally; to divide.

5. Cut open; to divide by force.

6. To divide, to split: to separate with violence.

7. To split; to sever.

8. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

9. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

10. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.

11. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

12. To stick; to adhere; be attached strongly.

13. To part asunder: to crack:- pr. p. cleaving; pa. t. clove or cleft; pa. p. cloven or cleft.

14. To crack; part asunder.

15. To stick; to adhere.

16. make by cutting into; " The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

17. To part or divide by force; to rive; to part or open naturally.

18. To adhere to; to stick to; to be united in interest or affection.

19. To split; to part or divide by force; to crack; to part; to open.

20. Cleaving.

21. Cloven or cleft.

22. Cleavable.

23. Clave, Cleaved.

24. Cleft, clove.

25. Cleaved or clave.

26. Clove or cleft.

27. Cleaved.

28. Cleft, cloven, cleaved.