Word Meanings - CLEAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

clifian; akin to OS. klibon, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. klæbe, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. 1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. The diseases of

Additional info about word: CLEAVE

clifian; akin to OS. klibon, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. klæbe, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. 1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. Deut. xxviii. 60. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper. 2. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24. Cleave unto the Lord your God. Josh. xxiii. 8. 3. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CLEAVE)

• Adhere
• Stick
• cohere
• cleave
• hold
• attach
• unite
• fix
• join
• cling
• Cling
• Fasten
• adhere
• embrace
• stick
• hang
• twine
• hug
• Split
• Divide
• separate
• rive
• crack
• splinter
• burst
• rend
• sunder
• disagree
• secede
• disunite

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CLEAVE)

• Cohere
• hold
• stand

Related words: (words related to CLEAVE)

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  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• CLEMATIS
  A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.
• CLINKSTONE
  An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
• STICK-LAC
  See LAC
• CLIENTAGE
  1. State of being client. 2. A body of clients. E. Everett.
• CLERICALISM
  An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.
• CLARIBELLA
  A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• CLOTTY
  Full of clots, or clods. "Clotty matter." Harvey.
• SPLIT INFINITIVE
  A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive.
• CLAVIER
  The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. Note: Clavier (
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• CLYPEATE
  Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• CLICK BEETLE
  See ELATER
• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• CLAIK
  See CLAKE
• SPECTACLE
  An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually,
• CLAP
  1. To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell. 2. To thrust,
• INCLEMENCY
  1. The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity. The inclemency of the late pope. Bp. Hall. 2. Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather);
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  Duck or canvas used in making sails.
• ECLECTICISM
  Theory or practice of an eclectic.
• POKING-STICK
  A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.
• SIPHUNCLED
  Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
• CORPUSCLE
  A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood. Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone
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  The hardening of a gland.
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  A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.
• CONCLUSIVELY
  In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.