cleave

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verb

1. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (Freq. 1)
- cleave the bone
• Syn:
split, rive
• Derivationally related forms:
split (for: split), splitter (for: split), cleft, cleavage, cleaver
• Hypernyms:
tear
• Hyponyms:
maul, laminate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make by cutting into
- The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock
• Derivationally related forms:
cleft
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Verb Group:
split, rive
• Entailment:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. 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
- The sushi rice grains cohere
• Syn:
cling, adhere, stick, cohere
• Derivationally related forms:
cohesive (for: cohere), coherent (for: cohere), cohesion (for: cohere), coherency (for: cohere), coherence (for: cohere), adherent (for: adhere), adhesion (for: adhere)
• Hypernyms:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Hyponyms:
mold, conglutinate, agglutinate
• Verb Group:
adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
• Entailment:
attach
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cling, adhere, stick, cohere, split, rive