transcription, транскрипция: [ kli:v ]
( cleaves, cleaving)
Note: The past tense can be either 'cleaved' or 'clove'; the past participle can be 'cleaved', 'cloven', or 'cleft' for meaning 1, and is 'cleaved' for meaning 2.
1.
To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. ( LITERARY )
They just cleave the stone along the cracks.
= split
VERB : V n
2.
If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them. ( FORMAL )
She has cleaved to these principles all her life...
VERB : V to n