Cleave
/kliːv/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:14 pts6 letters
Definition of Cleave
noun
verb
- To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
"The wings cleaved the foggy air."
- 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.
"The truck cleaved a path through the ice."
- To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- To split.
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