Cleave
verb — past tense: Cleft/Cleaved/Clove ; past participle: Cleft/Cleaved/Cloven ; present participle: Cleaving ; 3rd person singular present Cleaves
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make a way through, to divide by a blow, to split; to pierce) ប្រយ័ត្ន
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To split, to separate) ពុស, ធ្វើឲ្យបែកក្រហែង
Example: The destroyer cleaved the water, Dry wood cleaves easily, to cleave to one's principles.cleave to a rock ប្រអោប, cleave to tradition ប្រកាន់ជាប់ - 3.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បែកបាក់, ចែក, បំបែក
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: Cleft/Cleaved/Clove ; past participle: Cleft/Cleaved/Cloven ; present participle: Cleaving ; 3rd person singular present Cleaves
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To part or open naturally; to divide.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.