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cleave verb

  /kliv/ , /kliːv/
  • (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
 fendre
  • (intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
 cisellar
  • (transitive) (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  • (intransitive) To split.
 clivellar

cleave verb

  /kliv/ , /kliːv/
  • (intransitive, rare) Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
 encastar
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