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cleave
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kli?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /kliv/
- Rhymes: -i?v
Etymology 1
From Middle English cleven, from the Old English strong verb cl?ofan (“to split, to separate”), from Proto-Germanic *kleuban?, from Proto-Indo-European *glewb?- (“to cut, to slice”). Doublet of clive. Cognate with Dutch klieven, dialectal German klieben, Swedish klyva, Norwegian Nynorsk kløyva; also Ancient Greek ????? (glúph?, “carve”).
Verb
cleave (third-person singular simple present cleaves, present participle cleaving, simple past cleft or clove or (UK) cleaved or (archaic) clave, past participle cleft or cloven or (UK) cleaved)
- (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- The wings cleaved the foggy air.
- (transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- (transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- The truck cleaved a path through the ice.
- (transitive, chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- (intransitive) To split.
- (intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
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Translations
Noun
cleave (plural cleaves)
- (technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
Related terms
- cleavage
- cleft
Derived terms
- cleaver
Etymology 2
From Middle English cleven, a conflation of two verbs: Old English clifian (from Proto-Germanic *klib?n?) and Old English cl?fan (from Proto-Germanic *kl?ban?), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleyb?- (“to stick”).
Verb
cleave (third-person singular simple present cleaves, present participle cleaving, simple past and past participle cleaved)
- (intransitive) To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:adhere
References
- cleave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cleave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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cleaver
English
Etymology
From cleave +? -er; compare Middle English clevere.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kliv?/
- Rhymes: -i?v?(r)
Noun
cleaver (plural cleavers)
- A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones:...
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
- Concurrently with Flay's visualization of the cleaver falling—the cleaver fell.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (music, Bahamas) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
- (metaphoric) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
- Synonym: axe
Usage notes
As a musical instrument, cleaver is normally used only in the plural, just like the more common synonym claves, which is far more often used internationally and is better known as a part of Cuban music. In the Bahamas, cleavers is the more common terminology.
Related terms
- cleave
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