Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
- 2intransitive verb
To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
- 3intransitive verb
To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
- 4transitive verb
To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
- 5transitive verb
To part or open naturally; to divide.
- 6intransitive verb
To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
- 7verb
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"
- 8verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
"cleave the bone"
- 9verb
make by cutting into
"The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
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