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v. t.
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
v. t.
To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
v. i.
To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
a.
To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.
n. i.
Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for.
n.
See Cleavers.
v. t.
To rive; to cleave.
a.
To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.
v. t.
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
n.
One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
v. i.
To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
v. t.
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
p. p.
of Cleave
v. t.
To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.
imp.
of Cleave
n.
An iron cleaver or splitting tool; a frow.
v. t.
To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
n.
Cleavers.
v. i.
To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
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