CLEAVE

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : adhere , cling , cohere , stick

  For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. -added by imfrmheaven

• (verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

  "cleave the bone"

  synonyms : rive , split

  The butcher tried to cleave the bone. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) make by cutting into

  "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

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