cleave

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. stick, hold fast, adhere, cling; sever, shear, split, rive, rend, divide. See coherence, disjunction.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To split]

Syn. sever, hew, separate; see cut 1 , divide 1 .

2. [To stick]

Syn. cling, adhere, hold fast; see stick 1 .

See Synonym Study at stick .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. stick adhere, cling, cohere, hold fast, be faithful, be true.

2. split divide, chop, carve, sever, slice, part, rend, rip, cut.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: carve, cut, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split. See ASSEMBLE.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To hold fast: adhere, bond, cling, cohere, stick. See CONNECT.