cleave
verb
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
cleave the bone
Types & categories
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Sense 2 verb
make by cutting into
The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock
Types & categories
- create hypernym
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Sense 3 verb
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
The dress clings to her body
Types & categories
- contact hypernym
- mold hyponym
- conglutinate hyponym
- agglutinate hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleavage |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleaver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rail-splitter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | splitter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleft |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | cleave |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | maul |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | laminate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleft |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | cut |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | cleave |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesiveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | coherence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adherent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cohesive |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | attach |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | bond |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | stick |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conglutinate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | agglutinate |