perkins is a form of:

Cleave



verbpast 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
verbpast 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.