What is another word for cleave?
782 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ klˈiːv], [ klˈiːv], [ k_l_ˈiː_v]Table of Contents
Similar words for cleave:- adhere (noun)
- cleave (noun)
- adhere (verb)
- be wide open (verb)
- bisect (verb)
- blend, come together (verb)
- break, disconnect (verb)
- break, usually into parts (verb)
- carve (verb)
- chop (verb)
- chop down (verb)
- coalesce (verb)
- cohere (verb)
- contact (verb)
- crack (verb)
- cut (verb)
- cut, nick (verb)
- cut, penetrate (verb)
- cut apart (verb)
- cut by slicing (verb)
- cut into portions, shares (verb)
- cut up with tool (verb)
- divide (verb)
- divide in two (verb)
- fasten (verb)
- fell (verb)
- gape (verb)
- gash (verb)
- halve (verb)
- have in one's hands, possession; grasp (verb)
- hew (verb)
- hold (verb)
- part (verb)
- pierce (verb)
- puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object (verb)
- quarter (verb)
- remove something from group; keep or set apart (verb)
- rend (verb)
- rip (verb)
- rupture (verb)
- score (verb)
- separate (verb)
- separate, disconnect (verb)
- slice (verb)
- split (verb)
- stab (verb)
- stick (verb)
- tear (verb)
- other synonyms
- break open
- coalesce
- crackle
- cut across
- fasten
- quarter
- separate
- sever
Definition for Cleave:
- ( cleared or clave; cleaved). Stick fast, adhere, to( archaic exc. in fig. sense of be faithful. [ old English]
Synonyms for Cleave:
n.
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- assemble.
v.
•adhere (verb)- held on like bulldog,
- holds on like bulldog,
- sticked like barnacle,
- clinging like ivy,
- stuck like barnacle,
- holding like bulldog,
- held fast,
- staying put,
- Gluing,
- sticked like a barnacle,
- freezing to,
- stays put,
- staid put,
- cling like ivy,
- stick like glue,
- freeze to,
- holding fast,
- sticks like glue,
- froze to,
- sticked like glue,
- hold fast,
- stuck like glue,
- sticking like barnacle,
- sticks like a barnacle,
- holds like bulldog,
- sticking like a barnacle,
- hold on like bulldog,
- clung like ivy,
- stuck like a barnacle,
- glued,
- sticks like barnacle,
- holding on like bulldog,
- freezes to,
- clings like ivy,
- held like bulldog,
- sticking like glue,
- holds fast,
- stayed put,
- hold like bulldog,
- stick like a barnacle.
- gape.
- bi furcates,
- furcate,
- divided two,
- bi-furcates,
- cut in half,
- divides two,
- cuts in two,
- splits down middle,
- Dichotomizing,
- bi furcating,
- Hemisecting,
- divide in two,
- bi furcate,
- divides in two,
- Hemisected,
- dichotomize,
- splitting down the middle,
- dimidiates,
- divaricates,
- cut two,
- cuts half,
- divide two,
- cuts in half,
- Divaricating,
- dividing in two,
- divaricate,
- cut half,
- cutting in two,
- Dimidiating,
- bi furcated,
- furcating,
- cuts two,
- Furcated,
- cuts across,
- cutting in half,
- Intersected,
- split down middle,
- cut in two,
- hemisects,
- bi-furcate,
- Divaricated,
- splitting down middle,
- split down the middle,
- Dimidiated,
- Dimidiate,
- furcates,
- splits down the middle,
- bi-furcated,
- cutting across,
- bi-furcating,
- cutting two,
- divided in two,
- Hemisect,
- Dichotomized,
- dichotomizes,
- dividing two,
- cutting half.
- part.
- dis sever,
- rough-hews,
- insculpt,
- graved,
- dis-severed,
- tooling,
- sculpting,
- in-sculpt,
- dis severs,
- in sculpts,
- dis-severing,
- moulding,
- insculpting,
- in sculpting,
- Graving,
- Hacking,
- roughhewing,
- dis severed,
- rough hewn,
- roughhewn,
- in-dents,
- dis severing,
- roughhews,
- in-sculpts,
- in sculpt,
- in dents,
- in-sculpting,
- roughhewed,
- insculpted,
- rough hewed,
- rough hews,
- sculpted,
- in-dented,
- rough-hewn,
- rough hewing,
- rough-hewing,
- insculpts,
- sculpts,
- Roughhew,
- in-denting,
- in-dent,
- rough-hewed,
- in dented,
- Hacked,
- rough hew,
- tooled,
- dis-sever,
- in dent,
- rough-hew,
- Moulded,
- dis-severs,
- etch,
- moulds,
- sculpt,
- mould,
- in sculpted,
- in-sculpted,
- in denting,
- modelling.
- Diced,
- Dicing,
- axe,
- hackles,
- hackle,
- Hashed,
- Cubed,
- whacked,
- Hackled,
- whacking,
- Hashing,
- Cubing,
- Hackling.
- fell.
- in-corporate,
- in corporate,
- hooking up with,
- hooked up with,
- hooking with,
- in-corporates,
- ties in with,
- joining with,
- hooks with,
- tying in with,
- re-late,
- joins up with,
- hook with,
- tying with,
- tie with,
- joins with,
- re-lated,
- joined up with,
- in corporates,
- ties with,
- joining up with,
- re late,
- tied with,
- tied in with,
- hooked with.
- rabbets,
- chining,
- snip,
- Chined,
- Sawn,
- sickles,
- be-headed,
- Rabbeting,
- facetting,
- laid open,
- mows down,
- be headed,
- skives,
- rabbet,
- punctured,
- Faceting,
- sickle,
- lay open,
- flitch,
- mowed down,
- Slivering,
- scissored,
- massacre,
- Flitched,
- facetted,
- Flitching,
- Scythed,
- skived,
- Skiving,
- re aped,
- Slivered,
- Rabbeted,
- Sickled,
- dis patches,
- scissoring,
- Sawing,
- dis-patches,
- be heads,
- chines,
- sickling,
- laying open,
- skive,
- dis patching,
- scything,
- Sabering,
- faceted,
- be heading,
- dis-patching,
- lays open,
- chine,
- be-heading,
- dis patch,
- shaven,
- scissor,
- Flitches,
- re-aped,
- dis-patch,
- mowing down,
- dis patched,
- re aping,
- scythe,
- be-heads,
- dis-patched,
- scythes,
- re-aping,
- sawed,
- mow down,
- Sabered.
- gash.
- chop.
- dis locating,
- dis locate,
- sub divide,
- dis-joining,
- un-did,
- un-binds,
- pulls away,
- dis located,
- un bind,
- un-bound,
- dis-engaging,
- break down,
- pull away,
- dis unites,
- dis-join,
- un binding,
- breaks down,
- dis solved,
- sub dividing,
- dis join,
- de-tach,
- dis-united,
- un done,
- dis-solving,
- dis-engages,
- dis joined,
- dis engage,
- dis unite,
- dis-uniting,
- dis-locate,
- sub divided,
- dis-membered,
- dis-entangling,
- un-doing,
- un-does,
- dis-joined,
- un does,
- dis engaged,
- un-bind,
- branching,
- de taches,
- dis-engage,
- dis-locates,
- dis joining,
- dis engages,
- un bound,
- dis-joins,
- dis entangles,
- sectioning,
- un doing,
- dis-entangle,
- dis-located,
- de tach,
- segmented,
- un binds,
- dis engaging,
- pulling away,
- dis members,
- dis-members,
- dis entangling,
- sub divides,
- dis-solved,
- segmenting,
- sub-divides,
- dis-unites,
- dis-solves,
- dis-entangled,
- un did,
- sectioned,
- dis solve,
- sub-divided,
- dis member,
- dis locates,
- sub-dividing,
- rend,
- dis-locating,
- dis solves,
- branched,
- dis-unite,
- brake down,
- dis united,
- de-taches,
- dis entangled,
- dis solving,
- un-binding,
- dis uniting,
- dis-solve,
- dis-member,
- dis membered,
- dis-entangles,
- dis-engaged,
- dis entangle,
- sub-divide,
- broke down,
- dis joins,
- pulled away,
- breaking down,
- unbound.
- makes firm,
- in-fixing,
- making firm,
- solder,
- in-fix,
- in-fixes,
- hitching on,
- tacked on,
- hooking up,
- rivetted,
- in fixing,
- in fix,
- tacks on,
- hitched on,
- tacking on,
- in fixes,
- in-fixed,
- rivetting,
- in fixed,
- hitches on,
- hooks up.
- struck down,
- caused to fall,
- laying low,
- strike down,
- throwing down,
- blows down,
- throw down,
- causing fall,
- knock over,
- knocks over,
- Downs,
- causing to fall,
- causes fall,
- laid low,
- knocking over,
- knocks down,
- blowing down,
- strook down,
- lay low,
- lays low,
- downing,
- throws down,
- shoots down,
- strikes down,
- caused fall,
- shooting down,
- blew down,
- knocked down,
- threw down,
- downed,
- striking down,
- cause fall,
- knocking down,
- shoot down,
- blow down,
- shot down,
- cause to fall,
- causes to fall,
- knock down,
- knocked over.
- dehisced,
- dehisce,
- dehisces,
- Frondesce,
- frondesced,
- gapped,
- gapping,
- frondescing,
- dehiscing,
- frondesces.
- hold.
- hewn.
- keeping close,
- Viseed,
- re-tain,
- locking up,
- Palmed,
- de-tains,
- de tains,
- de-tain,
- re-straining,
- puts lock on,
- re tain,
- keep close,
- re-strains,
- de tain,
- re strain,
- put lock on,
- putting lock on,
- with-holds,
- re tains,
- with hold,
- corks up,
- puts a lock on,
- with-hold,
- re strained,
- not let going,
- putting a lock on,
- with-held,
- not let went,
- not let go,
- locked up,
- re strains,
- Viseing,
- not let goes,
- keeps out,
- re-strain,
- retain,
- kept close,
- corked up,
- with held,
- re-strained,
- palms,
- cork up,
- lock up,
- Palming,
- keeping out,
- put a lock on,
- corking up,
- re-tains,
- re straining,
- with holding,
- with holds,
- vising,
- keeps close,
- vised.
- comes apart,
- Factored,
- dis-mantled,
- dis mantles,
- dis mantling,
- dis-mantle,
- dis-mantling,
- dis mantled,
- coming apart,
- dis mantle,
- came apart,
- factoring,
- dis-mantles,
- come apart.
- cracked open,
- trans-fixt,
- breaking through,
- break through,
- sticks in to,
- trans fixing,
- sticks into,
- stuck in to,
- stick into,
- passed through,
- sticking into,
- crack open,
- passing through,
- passes through,
- trans fixed,
- trans fixt,
- sticked into,
- trans fixes,
- trans-fixes,
- breaks through,
- sticked in to,
- pass through,
- plowed,
- trans fix,
- trans-fix,
- trans-fixing,
- stick in to,
- stuck into,
- cracking open,
- pro-bed,
- brake through,
- cracks open,
- pro bed,
- broke through,
- sticking in to.
- stab.
- dis integrates,
- dis-integrates,
- dis integrate,
- dis-integrating,
- dis integrating,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrate,
- dis integrated.
- cross-hatching,
- serrating,
- grooving,
- crosshatch,
- Scored,
- cross hatch,
- de-face,
- cross hatching,
- Crosshatching,
- de-faces,
- crosshatches,
- cross-hatch,
- crosshatched,
- de-facing,
- de faced,
- cross-hatched,
- de face,
- cross hatched,
- serrates,
- de-faced,
- cross hatches,
- cross-hatches,
- de facing,
- de faces,
- grooved.
- dissect,
- Unfix,
- pare,
- disarticulate,
- disintegrate,
- estrange,
- rip,
- disassemble,
- disaffiliate,
- Unglue,
- remove,
- cut,
- incise,
- unhinge,
- amputate.
- gave way,
- dis banded,
- dis-banded,
- come undone,
- give way,
- dis bands,
- puts asunder,
- giving way,
- comes undone,
- parts company,
- went separate ways,
- dis-banding,
- go separate ways,
- dis-bands,
- put asunder,
- came undone,
- coming undone,
- going separate ways,
- putting asunder,
- parted company,
- dis banding,
- part company,
- parting company,
- dis-band,
- goes separate ways,
- dis band.
- became embedded,
- holds on,
- Brazing,
- stick like barnacle,
- am bogged down,
- wast bogged down,
- becoming immobilized,
- becomes embedded,
- be bogged down,
- sticking together,
- become immobilized,
- become embedded,
- are bogged down,
- re-mains,
- stick together,
- sticks together,
- is bogged down,
- stuck together,
- becoming embedded,
- Brazed,
- sticked together,
- re maining,
- braze,
- re-main,
- re mained,
- wert bogged down,
- were bogged down,
- re mains,
- became immobilized,
- held on,
- re main,
- becomes immobilized,
- was bogged down,
- hold on,
- holding on,
- art bogged down,
- being bogged down,
- brazes.
Other synonyms:
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- carve.
- Bracketing,
- integrate,
- join with,
- hooks up with,
- join up with,
- joined with,
- hook up with,
- Bracketed,
- tie in with.
Antonyms for Cleave:
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v.
Cleave Sentence Examples:
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The river is heard dashing over the rocks below, and about a mile farther on is Tavy Cleave.
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The Bible says that a woman shall leave father and mother and cleave to her husband.
Homophones for Cleave:
- Cleve, kleve.