cleave

Verb
  1. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (synset 201559354)
    "cleave the bone"
    is a type of: tear - to separate or be separated by force
    subtypes:
    • maul - split (wood) with a maul and wedges
    • laminate - split (wood) into thin sheets
    same as: rive, split
    verb group: cleave - make by cutting into
  2. Make by cutting into (synset 201561463)
    "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
    entail: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
    is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
    verb group: cleave, rive, split - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  3. Come or be in close contact with;
    Stick or hold together and resist separation (synset 201223449)
    "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
    entail: attach - become attached
    is a type of: adjoin, contact, meet, touch - be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    subtypes:
    • mold - fit tightly, follow the contours of
    • conglutinate - stick together
    • agglutinate - clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
    same as: adhere, cling, cohere, stick
    verb group:

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