cleave
21cleave — [OE] There are two distinct verbs cleave in English, both of Germanic origin. Cleave ‘cut’ comes from Germanic *kleuban, which goes back to an Indo European base *gleubh (this also produced Greek glúphein ‘carve’, source of English hieroglyphics) …
22cleave — cleave1 cleavingly, adv. /kleev/, v.i., cleaved or (Archaic) clave; cleaved; cleaving. 1. to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually fol. by to). 2. to remain faithful (usually fol. by to): to cleave to one s principles in spite of persecution.… …
23Cleave —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme. Harley Jones Van Cleave (1886 1953), zoologiste américain ; Mary Louise Cleave (1947 ), astronaute américaine ; Paul Cleave (1974… …
24cleave — cleave1 verb (past clove or cleft or cleaved; past participle cloven or cleft or cleaved) 1》 split or sever along a natural grain or line. ↘split (a molecule) by breaking a particular chemical bond. ↘Biology (of a cell) divide. 2》 move… …
25cleave — UK [kliːv] / US [klɪv] verb [transitive] Word forms cleave : present tense I/you/we/they cleave he/she/it cleaves present participle cleaving past tense cleaved or clove UK [kləʊv] / US [kloʊv] or cleft UK [kleft] / US past participle cleaved or… …
26cleave — I. /kliv / (say kleev) phrase (cleaved or, Archaic, clave, cleaving) cleave to, 1. to stick or adhere to; cling or hold fast to. 2. to be attached or faithful to. {Middle English cleve(n), Old English cleofian} II. [c]/kliv / (say kleev) verb …
27cleave — [[t]kli͟ːv[/t]] cleaves, cleaving (The past tense can be either cleaved or clove; the past participle can be cleaved, cloven, or cleft for meaning 1, and is cleaved for meaning 2.) 1) VERB To cleave something means to split or divide it into two… …
28cleave — verb (T) formal past tense cleaved, clove, cleft past participle cleaved, cloven cleft 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive always + adv/prep) to cut something into separate parts using a heavy tool or to be able to be cut in this way:… …
29cleave to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms cleave to : present tense I/you/we/they cleave to he/she/it cleaves to present participle cleaving to past tense cleaved to or clove to or cleft to past participle cleaved to or cloven to 1) a) to stay very… …
30Cleave — The occurrence of a gemstone breaking into two or more pieces during the cutting or polishing process. Naturally occurring impurities in the stones increase the likelihood that a stone will break apart. Gemstones especially large ones are very… …
