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Word: cleave (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • technology Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.

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Verb:

  • mineralogy Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
  • intransitive To be faithful.
  • intransitive To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
  • intransitive To split.
  • figurative To pierce or penetrate as if by splitting.
  • chemistry To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  • mineralogy To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
  • transitive To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path through the ice.
  • transitive To split or sever something or as if with a sharp instrument.

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