Crossword clues for cleaved
cleaved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. i. [imp. Cleaved (kl[=e]vd), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.); p. p. Cleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleovien, clivien, cliven, AS. cleofian, clifian; akin to OS. klib[=o]n, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. kl[ae]be, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. kl[=i]fa to climb. Cf. Climb.]
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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
My bones cleave to my skin.
--Ps. cii. 5.The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee.
--Deut. xxviii. 60.Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.
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To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.
--Gen. ii. 24.Cleave unto the Lord your God.
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To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. [Poetic.]
New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use.
--Shak.
Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]
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To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
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To part or open naturally; to divide.
Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws.
--Deut. xiv. 6.
Wiktionary
a. cleft or cloven
Usage examples of "cleaved".
A village seven miles from Woodsite, calm in its half-deserted state, with its men all at business in New York, was cleaved, as it were, by the racing machines, while women and children ran and screamed to escape from the path of the monsters.
In a clean dive she cleaved the water and with long, flowing strokes swam a good distance out to sea.
A tall fin cleaved the surface a moment later, and the bellow of the mate announced that he had also sighted the shark.
Clasping hands, they ran into the water, dove, and cleaved the surface as one.
His body cleaved the air in a shallow arc, and he struck the smooth surface almost flat.
It cleaved a broad path before him, sending soldiers and partygoers reeling and flying in its path, knocking a wide circumference of open space between him and the King.
A left-handed scion of the old house of Malvallet, Simon cleaved for himself a new name and a new title.
Tholian thrust forward then, and Sulu brought his shield up in time to avoid a blow that would have cleaved his shoulder from the rest of his body.
He wore a chest-hugging, bronze T-shirt, that deepened the golden highlights in his eyes, black jeans that cleaved his male assets in all the right places.
If the blow had landed, it would have cleaved me from crotch to sternum.