v. i.
My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. Deut. xxviii. 60. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sophistry cleaves close to and protects
Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cleave unto the Lord your God. Josh. xxiii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
New honors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold
But with the aid of use. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deut. xiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies;
The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst. Zech. xiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Professor Parker
n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Cleave to stick. ] (Bot.) A species of