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View definitions for cleave

cleave

verb as in divide, split

verb as in stand by, stick together

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Example Sentences

The waterway was cleaved across the most narrow section of the Panamanian isthmus in the late 1800s and early 1900s, by French and then U.S. engineers.

If not for Demi Moore literally and figuratively carrying “The Substance” on her cleaved back, it wouldn’t be on this list at all.

The Scottish Premiership leaders enjoyed almost 70% possession but struggled to cleave out clear chances against a Croatian side hampered by injuries.

From BBC

It is a journey beset by perils: Though the road Sam travels cleaves mostly through fields of corn and the weary charm of a small-town Main Street, here, as everywhere, there be dragons.

Viral genome sequences indicate the teen was infected with the type of H5N1 typically found in wild birds and that it had mutated to better cleave to the respiratory tract.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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