cleave

cleave is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
2. intransitive verb. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
3. intransitive verb. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
4. transitive verb. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
5. transitive verb. To part or open naturally; to divide.
6. intransitive verb. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
7. verb. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

   "The dress clings to her body"

   "The label stuck to the box"

   Synonyms: adhere, cling, cohere, stick

8. verb. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

   "cleave the bone"

   Synonyms: rive, split

9. verb. make by cutting into

   "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

Synonyms

adhere, cling, cohere, stick, rive, split

Common word forms

cleaved, cleaver, cleaves, cleaving, cleaveful

Words from these letters

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