Cleave

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:14 pts6 letters

Definition of Cleave

Verb

  1. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

    "The wings clove the foggy air."

  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.

    "The truck clove a path through the ice."

  4. (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  5. To split.

Verb

  1. Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.

Anagrams of Cleave

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27 words can be made from the letters in "cleave":

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