🪓cleave (kliv)

verb
/kliːv/
fendre / s'accrocher (fendre / s'accrocher)

Signification

to split or cut apart forcefully; to cling or adhere closely
to split or divide; to cut through forcefully
Traduction de la signification
couper ou séparer violemment; s'attacher ou adhérer
couper ou séparer violemment; s'attacher ou adhérer

Phrases d'exemple

The axe can cleave the wood in two.

La hache peut fendre le bois en deux.
La hache peut fendre le bois en deux.

He used an axe to cleave the wood.

Il a utilisé une hache pour fendre le bois.
Il a utilise une hache pour fendre le bois.

Expressions d'exemple

cleave to
s'accrocher à
s'accrocher à

Synonymes

split, sever, divide, adhere, cling, cut, separate
Entrée 1
split, sever, divide, adhere, cling
Entrée 2
split, divide, cut, separate

Antonymes

unite, join, combine, connect, merge
Entrée 1
unite, join, combine
Entrée 2
unite, join, connect, merge

Collocations

cleave wood, cleave to principles, cleave apart, cleave through, cleave rocks, cleave in two
Entrée 1
cleave wood, cleave to principles, cleave apart, cleave through
Entrée 2
cleave wood, cleave rocks, cleave through, cleave apart, cleave in two

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