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📚 verb • entry_id 19408

cleave

/kliːv/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
hender
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
The wings clove the foggy air.
Phrases
autocleavecleavabilitycleavablecleave gagmiscleavephotocleaverecleavetocleaveuncleave
Word forms
claveclavecleavedcleavedcleavescleavingcleftcleftcloveclovecloven