cleave

Значение (English)

Verb

1. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
2. 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.
3. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
4. (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
5. To split.
6. Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.

Noun

Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.

Synonyms

split

adhere

rend

cling

break

sever

crack

stick

cut

divide

chop

pierce

rive

hew

cohere

part

tear

rip

slice

snap

splinter

fissure

segment

cling to

slash

burst

slit

cut up

penetrate

stick to

split up

cut asunder

glue

shave

shear

shorten

infect

intrude

knife

🔪

knock down

lop

open

parcel

pass

paste

peel off

pin

pry

quarter

rabbet

rebate

rift

scratch

section

separate

shred

size

skive

sliver

slot

spear

spilt

stab

stick together

tear off

tear up

thrust

chip at

join with

trap

🪤

unbar

unbolt

unclose

uncork

uproot

wedge

wound

adhere to

break forth

break in pieces

break into pieces

cut in half

cut open

pierce through

split lengthwise

tear open

strike blows

prehend

quadrisect

be suddenly rent asunder

tear asunder

attach

be smashed

be torn

bind

bog down

bond

break in two

break off

burst open

catch

chase

claw

contract

cut off

cut through

dent

devide

dismember

fist

✊

flute

🪈

furrow

gauffer

goffer

gore

gouge

grab

grasp

grave

🪦

grip

gum

gum up

gutter

hitch

hold together

indent

Произносится как (IPA)

/kliːv/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: cleven

Inherited from староанглийский: -

Cognate with нидерландский: klieven

Cognate with немецкий: klieben

Cognate with шведский: klyva

Cognate with нюнорск: kløyva

Cognate with древнегреческий: γλύφω

Inherited from староанглийский: clifian

Inherited from староанглийский: clīfan

Cognate with нидерландский: kleven

Cognate with немецкий: kleben

In summary

From Middle English cleven, from the Old English strong verb clēofan (“to split, to separate”), from Proto-West Germanic *kleuban, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, to slice”).
Doublet of clive. Cognate with Dutch klieven, dialectal German klieben, Swedish klyva, Norwegian Nynorsk kløyva; also Ancient Greek γλύφω (glúphō, “carve”).