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cleave1 verb (past tense clove, cleft or cleaved, past participle cloven, cleft or cleaved, present participle cleaving) tr & intr, formal or literary 1 to split or divide. 2 to cut or slice • cleave a way through the undergrowth. See also cloven. cleavable adj. cleavableness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cleofan.
cleft1 noun a split, fissure, wide crack or deep indentation.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from cleave1.
cleft2 adj split; divided. in a cleft stick in a difficult or awkward situation. verb see cleave1.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from cleave1.
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