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cleave verb

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

cleave verb

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