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Cleaving
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
📖 Definitions of "Cleaving"
- 1
To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
"The wings cleaved the foggy air."
- 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
To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
"The truck cleaved a path through the ice."
- 4
To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- 1
To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
- 1
The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
- 2
The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cleaving"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rivenoun | (intransitive) To break apart; to split. |
| splitverb | (transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line. |
| proteasenoun | (biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins. |
| ribozymesnoun | A fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme. |
| thunderbolts | an antihero/supervillain/superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. |
| enriven | (obsolete) riven; cleaved |
| clipsome | (archaic) Fit to be clasped or embraced. |
| latchingnoun | The act of fastening a latch. |
| coaptive | That leads to coaptation. |
| conglutinant | That cements together, especially that heals a wound by adhering its edges |
| capsulatingverb | That forms a capsule |
| splinterynoun | Having many splinters. |
| collimatingnoun | That collimates, or employs collimation |
| amplectant | clasping or embracing |
| incutnoun | (printing) A note inserted in a reserved space of the text instead of in the main margin. |
| assimilatingverb | That assimilates |
| proclottingnoun | That produces clotting (of blood) |
| encroachingnoun | That encroaches. |
| conjunctive | Connective: tending to join, unite, connect. |
| bridgingnoun | The act of building a bridge. |
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