cleave, v.
(cleaves, cleaving, cleft, clove, cloven)
freq. cnt. 1
(cleaves, cleaving, cleft, clove, cloven)
freq. cnt. 1
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
cleave rive split
sample sentences
"cleave the bone"verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The girls %s the wooden sticks
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
adhere cleave cling cohere stick
sample sentences
"The dress clings to her body""The label stuck to the box"
"The sushi rice grains cohere"
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym
verb group
entailment
hyponym
make by cutting into
<verb.contact>
cleave
sample sentences
"The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form