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Verb cleave has 3 senses
- cleave, split, rive - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
--1 is one way to tear
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- cleave - make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
--2 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
--3 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
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