verb (v)

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Cleave the bone.
  

  Synonym:
  rive, split
  

  source: wordnet30
• make by cutting into(verb.contact)

  Example:
  The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock.
  

  source: wordnet30
• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  adhere, cling, cohere, stick
  

  source: wordnet30
• To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.(verb)

  source: webster1913