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Meanings of cleave in English

Portuguese
colar
Catalan
adherir

To come or be in close contact with; to stick or hold together and resist separation.

        colar
        Catalan
        tallar
        Spanish
        partir

        Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.

              tallar
              Usage of cleave in English
              1
              The Master said, The highest minds cleave to the Centre, the Common.
              The Sayings of Confucius
              2
              Swiftly and gaily did the slim bark cleave through the glassy sea.
              A Love Story
              3
              Tear ye asunder the veils of names and cleave ye their kingdom.
              Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
              4
              Draw a knife along the edges, and it will readily cleave off.
              Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
              5
              Barnabas exhorted that with purpose of heart they cleave to the Lord.
              How to Live a Holy Life
              6
              Writers are bad because they cleave to the causes of writing badly.
              The Guardian
              7
              He should have told the king he must cleave to his wife.
              The King’s Curse
              8
              We examined the ability of calpain I to cleave alpha-syn in vitro.
              Pubmed
              9
              It is a bifunctional protein complex which can cleave or methylate DNA.
              Pubmed
              10
              It says that a wife shall cleave unto her husband until death.
              Wild Youth, Volume 2.
              11
              If we cleave to the world, that will separate us from Christ.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
              12
              Lithium helps cleave the proteins from DNA so people can wind down.
              The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
              13
              He would surely cleave his sword through her to get to Niall.
              Heaven and the heather
              14
              But she found a Washington which did not cleave to Main Street.
              Main Street
              15
              Let love abhor what is evil, and cleave to what is good.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
              16
              She must forget the new Joe and cleave to the old Joe.
              The Nine-Tenths
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              Translations for cleave
              Portuguese
              colaraderir
              Spanish
              partir
              Cleave through the time
              Cleave across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common