CLEAVING
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Definition
verb
- To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.“The wings cleaved the foggy air.”
- 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.
- To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.“The truck cleaved a path through the ice.”
- To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- To split.
verb
- To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
noun
- The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
- The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
Source: Wiktionary
