cleave
kleev
- v separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
cleave the bone - v make by cutting into
The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock - v come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- Addressing such issues could help heal the divisions that cleave our country.
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- The government is seeking to avoid court chaos by persuading at least some creditors to agree to a plan that would cleave General Motors into two pieces.