Dictionary
cleave
Meaning
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- To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- To split.
- Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kliːv/
Cognate with Dutch
klieven
Cognate with German
klieben
Cognate with Dutch
kleven
Cognate with German
kleben
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