cleave
English Thesaurus
1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | adjoin, contact, meet, touch, |
| definition | : | be in direct physical contact with; make contact (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | mold, |
| definition | : | fit tightly, follow the contours of (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | conglutinate, |
| definition | : | stick together (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | agglutinate, |
| definition | : | clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. (verb.contact) |
| entail | : | attach, |
| definition | : | become attached (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | stick, |
| definition | : | fasten with an adhesive material like glue (verb.contact) |
2. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | tear, |
| definition | : | to separate or be separated by force (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | maul, |
| definition | : | split (wood) with a maul and wedges (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | laminate, |
| definition | : | split (wood) into thin sheets (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | cleave, |
| definition | : | make by cutting into (verb.contact) |
3. make by cutting into (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | create, make, |
| definition | : | make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation) |
| entail | : | cut, |
| definition | : | separate with or as if with an instrument (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | cleave, rive, split, |
| definition | : | separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (verb.contact) |
4. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, bond, |
| definition | : | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | adherent, |
| definition | : | sticking fast (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cohesive, |
| definition | : | causing cohesion (adj.all) |
5. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | cleavage, |
| definition | : | the act of cleaving or splitting (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | rent, rip, split, |
| definition | : | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | rent, rip, snag, split, tear, |
| definition | : | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | rail-splitter, splitter, |
| definition | : | a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | splitter, |
| definition | : | a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | cleft, cleft, |
| definition | : | a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) (noun.shape) |
6. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, bond, |
| definition | : | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | adherent, |
| definition | : | sticking fast (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cohesive, |
| definition | : | causing cohesion (adj.all) |
7. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | cleavage, |
| definition | : | the act of cleaving or splitting (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | rent, rip, split, |
| definition | : | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | rent, rip, snag, split, tear, |
| definition | : | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | rail-splitter, splitter, |
| definition | : | a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | splitter, |
| definition | : | a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | cleft, cleft, |
| definition | : | a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) (noun.shape) |
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