| 单词 | cleave |
| 释义 | cleave (once / 1009 pages) 1v 2v Cleave, a verb, has two very different meanings. It can describe cutting or splitting something apart with a sharp instrument, or — oddly enough — it can describe sticking to something like glue. To cleave or not to cleave, that is the question. Cleave can refer to being in close contact, to staying really, really close to someone or something: "If you are walking in the pitch-black woods without a flashlight, you want to cleave to the person in front of you." On the other hand, it can mean to split apart with a sharp tool — which is not the action you want to happen while walking in the woods. We've seen that movie. WORD FAMILYcleave: cleavable, cleavage, cleaved, cleaver, cleaves, cleaving+/cleavage: cleavages/cleaver: cleavers USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Kikta — tall, cool, mighty — cleaves space apart with the lines and force of her dancing. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The disagreement over choice does not cleave neatly along the nation’s usual dividing lines. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) No attorney is listed for Cleaves in online court records. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1v separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument cleave the bone Syn|Hypo|Hyper rive, split maul split (wood) with a maul and wedges laminatesplit (wood) into thin sheets tear to separate or be separated by force 2v make by cutting into 2The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock Syn|Hyper rive, split separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument create, make make or cause to be or to become v come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation Syn|Hypo|Hyper adhere, cling, cohere, stick adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to stick to firmly stickfasten with an adhesive material like glue mold fit tightly, follow the contours of conglutinatestick together agglutinateclump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. haemagglutinate, hemagglutinatecause the clumping together (of red blood cells) adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact |
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