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Cleave

Verb

Définitions

1.VerbTo split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
"The wings clove the foggy air."
2.VerbTo 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.VerbTo make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
"The truck clove a path through the ice."
4.Verb(chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
5.VerbTo split.
6.VerbOf a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
7.NounFlat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
8.NounA cut (slash) or a cut location, either naturally or artificially.
9.VerbFollowed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
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