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cleaves

The correct spelling is cleaves.

How to pronounce cleaves

verb

IPA: /kliːvz/

Say it like: Clee-ves

The correct spelling is cleaves. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. For example: "The wings cleaved the foggy air."

Usage Examples

The wings cleaved the foggy air.

The truck cleaved a path through the ice.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
  4. 4.To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  5. 5.To split.

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