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cleave [kleev]
Main Entry:
cleave [kleev]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: divide, split
Synonyms: carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack
Antonyms: join, meld, unite
Main Entry: adhere
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stick or become stuck to, either physically or mentally
Synonyms: attach, cement, cleave, cling like ivy, cohere, fasten, fix, freeze to, glue, hold fast, hold on like bulldog, paste, stay put, stick like a barnacle, stick like glue, unite
Notes: only things of a different nature can adhere; cohere is for things of the same kind that stick together and form a whole
Antonyms: loose, loosen, separate, unfasten
Main Entry: bisect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: divide in two
Synonyms: bifurcate, branch off, cleave, cross, cut across, cut in half, cut in two, dichotomize, dimidiate, divaricate, divide in two, fork, furcate, halve, hemisect, intersect, separate, split, split down the middle
Antonyms: combine, join
Main Entry: carve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut carefully with sharp instrument
Synonyms: block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle
Main Entry: chop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut up with tool
Synonyms: axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack
Main Entry: coalesce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blend, come together
Synonyms: adhere, amalgamate, associate, bracket, cleave, cling, cohere, combine, commingle, commix, conjoin, connect, consolidate, fuse, hook up with, incorporate, integrate, join, join up with, link, merge, mingle, mix, relate, stick, tie in with, unite, wed
Antonyms: divide, separate
Main Entry: cohere
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stick to, cling
Synonyms: adhere, associate, bind, blend, cleave, coalesce, combine, connect, consolidate, fuse, glue, hold, join, merge, unite
Antonyms: divide, fall off, separate
Main Entry: crack
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: break, usually into parts
Synonyms: burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split
Antonyms: fix, mend
Main Entry: cut
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
Synonyms: amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip
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