cleave

/klˈiv/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
   “cleave the bone”
2. make by cutting into
   “The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock”
3. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
   “The dress clings to her body”

Synonyms for cleave

• split
• rive
• cling
• adhere
• stick
• cohere

Words that rhyme with cleave

• leave
• heave
• receive
• relieve
• reprieve
• believe
• naive
• weave
• eve
• reeve
• retrieve
• conceive
• interleave
• aggrieve
• deceive
• grieve
• peeve
• perceive
• sleeve
• achieve
• bereave
• disbelieve
• greave
• interweave
• misconceive
• misperceive
• neve
• preconceive
• reave
• shirtsleeve