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# cleave

verb (cleaves, cleaved or cleft, cleaved or cleft, cleaving) (old use)

«cleave» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use) To split or cut right through something with a heavy blow: cleave the wood with an axe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleave/#m1)
2. To stick firmly to something: cleave to the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleave/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a heavy blow splits an enemy down to the chest

### Examples

- The knight cried, «Cleave him to the brisket!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleave/#x1)
- The axe cleaved the log in two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleave/#x2)
- In old tales the hero could cleave a rock with one blow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleave/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in old tales, a heavy blow splits an enemy down to the chest

### Examples

- But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. (Torah DEU.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/#x1)
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. (Torah GEN.2.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/#x2)
- And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel. (Torah GEN.34.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/#x3)
- Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/#x4)
- Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/#x5)
- I cleave unto Thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame. (Writings PSA.119.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cleave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleave/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cleave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cleave.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cleave» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cleave/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cleave» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cleave.html) on Mova free.