Definitions for Cleave
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cleave, split, riveverb

   separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

   "cleave the bone"

2. cleaveverb

   make by cutting into

   "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

3. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohereverb

   come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

   "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CLEAVEverb

   preterite, I clove, I clave, I cleft; part. pass. cloven, or cleft.

   Etymology: cleofan , Sax. kloven, Dutch.

   1. To divide with violence; to split; to part forcibly into pieces.

   And at their passing cleave th’ Assyrian flood. John Milton.

   The fountains of it are said to have been cloven, or burst open. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   The blessed minister his wings display’d,
   And, like a shooting star, he cleft the night. Dryden.

   Rais’d on her dusky wings, she cleaves the skies. Dryden.

   Whom with such force he struck, he fell’d him down,
   And cleft the circle of his golden crown. John Dryden, Fables.

   Or had the sun
   Elected to the earth a nearer seat,
   His beams had cleft the hill, the valley dry’d. Richard Blackmore.

   Where whole brigades one champion’s arms o’erthrow,
   And cleave a giant at a random blow. Thomas Tickell.

   Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly,
   When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky. Alexander Pope.

   2. To divide.

   And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deutr. xiv. 6.

2. To CLEAVEverb

   pret. I clave, part. cloven.

   Etymology: cleofan , Sax. kleven, Dutch.

   1. To adhere; to stick; to hold to.

   The clarifying of liquors by adhesion, is effected when some cleaving body is mixed with the liquors, whereby the grosser part sticks to that cleaving body. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   Water, in small quantity, cleaveth to any thing that is solid. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 293.

   When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together. Job, xxxviii. 38.

   The thin camelion, fed with air, receives
   The colour of the thing to which he cleaves. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. To unite aptly; to fit.

   New honours come upon him,
   Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
   But with the aid of use. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   3. To unite in concord and interest.

   The apostles did thus conform the Christians, according to the pattern of the Jews, and made them cleave the better. Richard Hooker, b. iv. sect. 11.

   If you shall cleave to my consent, when ’tis,
   It shall make honour for you. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The people would revolt, if they saw any of the French nation to cleave unto. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   4. To be concomitant to; to join with.

   We cannot imagine, that, in breeding or begetting faith, his grace doth cleave to the one, and utterly forsake the other. Richard Hooker, b. v. sect. 22.

3. To Cleaveverb

   1. To part asunder.

   Wars ’twixt you twain, would be
   As if the world should cleave, and that slain men
   Should solder up the rift. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

   The ground clave asunder that was under them. Num. xvi.

   He cut the cleaving sky,
   And in a moment vanish’d from her eye. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. To suffer division.

   It cleaves with a glossy polite substance, not plane, but with some little unevenness. Isaac Newton, Opt.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cleave

   Cleave has two opposing meanings - 1) To split or sever something, especially along a natural line or grain. 2) To stick closely or adhere strongly to something. It often refers to abiding by or staying faithful to a particular principle, belief, or person.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cleave

   to adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling

2. Cleave

   to unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment

3. Cleave

   to fit; to be adapted; to assimilate

4. Cleaveverb

   to part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut

5. Cleaveverb

   to part or open naturally; to divide

6. Cleaveverb

   to part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost

7. Etymology: [OE. cleovien, clivien, cliven, AS. cleofian, clifian; akin to OS. klibn, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. klbe, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. klfa to climb. Cf. Climb.]

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1. Cleave

   A cleave in an optical fiber is a deliberate, controlled break, intended to create a perfectly flat endface, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fiber. Since there are no crystalline planes in glass, this process is not cleavage in the crystallographic sense of the word, although the techniques used and the finished result are quite similar. A cleave is made by first introducing a microscopic fracture into the fiber with a special tool, called a cleaving tool, which has a sharp blade of some hard material, such as diamond, sapphire, or tungsten carbide. If proper tension is applied to the fiber as the nick is made, or immediately afterward, the fracture will propagate in a controlled fashion, creating the desired endface. A good cleave is required for a successful splice of an optical fiber, whether by fusion or mechanical means. Also, some types of fiber-optic connectors do not employ abrasives and polishers. Instead, they use some type of cleaving technique to trim the fiber to its proper length, and produce a smooth, flat perpendicular endface. High-precision optical fiber cleavers are commercially available through a small number of specialized manufacturers, such as Nyfors Teknologi AB, which usually also supplies other fusion splicing accessories such as fiber optic recoaters and stripping and preparation equipment.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cleave

   klēv, v.t. to divide, to split: to separate with violence: to go through: to pierce.—v.i. to part asunder: to crack:—pr.p. cleav′ing; pa.t. clōve or cleft; pa.p. clov′en or cleft.—adj. Cleav′able, capable of being cleft.—ns. Cleav′age, a condition of rocks in which they split easily into thin plates; Cleav′er, one who or that which cleaves: a butcher's chopper; Cleav′ers, Cliv′ers, goose-grass—Galium aperine, diuretic and sudorific.—adj. Cleav′ing, splitting. [A.S. cleófan; cog. with Ger. klieben.]

2. Cleave

   klēv, v.i. to stick or adhere: to unite:—pr.p. cleav′ing; pa.t. cleaved or clāve; pa.p. cleaved.—n. Cleav′ing, the act of adhering. [A.S. clifian; cog. with Ger. kleben, Dut. kleven.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CLEAVE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cleave is ranked #93921 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cleave surname appeared 195 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cleave.
   
   72.3% or 141 total occurrences were White.
   21.5% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
   3% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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How to pronounce Cleave?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cleave in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cleave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Cleave in a Sentence

1. Alfred Lord Tennyson:

   Cleave never to the sunnier side of doubt.

2. Mahabharata:

   Just as the track of birds that cleave the air Is not discovered, nor yet the path of fish That skim the water, so the course of those Who do good actions is not always seen.

3. Jeffrey Lewis:

   Everybody is pretty dug in and there's not a lot of space for forming coalitions that don't cleave in basically the same way across [ multiple ] issues.

4. Koran:

   And walk not proudly on the earth verily thou shalt never cleave the earth, nor reach to the mountains in height

5. Arthur Miller, The Crucible, act II:

   Cleave to no faith when faith brings blood.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Cleave
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Cleave
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cleave
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Cleave
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Cleave
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html