CLEAVE, verb intransitive 1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to. My bones cleave to my skin. Psalms 102:5. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Psalms 137:6. CLEAVE to that which is good. Romans 12:9. 2. To unite aptly; to fit; to sit well on. 3. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. A man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife. Genesis 2:24. Math. 19. CLEAVE to Jehovah your God. Joshua 23:8. CLEAVE, verb transitive 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to open or serve the cohering parts of a body, by cutting or by the application of force; as, to cleave wood; to cleave a rock; to cleave the flood. Psa 74. 2. To part or open naturally. Every beast that cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deuteronomy 14:1. CLEAVE, verb intransitive To part; to open; to crack; to separate, as parts of cohering bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost. The mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zechariah 14:4.
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