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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcleavecleave /kliːv/ verb (past tense cleaved, clove /kləʊv $ kloʊv/ or cleft /kleft/, past participle cleaved, cloven /ˈkləʊvən $ ˈkloʊ-/ or cleft) 1 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]CUT literary to cut something into separate parts using a heavy tool, or to be able to be cut in this way The wooden door had been cleft in two.2 [transitive]DIFFERENT formal to divide something into two completely separate parts the racial problems that still cleave American society3 → cleave the air/darkness etc → cleave to somebody/something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpuscleave• Frozen sea-spray cleaved at their faces.• The heavy, cleaving blade was devastating with just one blow.• He was kissing Claudia, his body straining against hers, his hands cleaving her bottom.• Aenarion rose and smote the daemon mightily, cleaving its head in two and shearing its arm from its body.• A hog in a headscarf squealed as she cleaved its skull with her axe.• It was his choice, she said, to cleave to the Brownings and he was a hypocrite to say otherwise.• Our organization is trying to ease the racial problems that still cleave U.S. society.• Other sites are cleaved with much lower efficiency.Origin cleave Old English cleofan. cleave to Old English clifian
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Verb table
cleave
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they cleave
he, she, it cleaves
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they cleavedcleft
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have cleaved
he, she, it has cleaved
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had cleaved
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cleave
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have cleaved
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Continuous Form
Present
I am cleaving
he, she, it is cleaving
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you, we, they are cleaving
Past
I, he, she, it was cleaving
you, we, they were cleaving
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been cleaving
he, she, it has been cleaving
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been cleaving
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be cleaving
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been cleaving
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