| Main Entry: | cleave |
| 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: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stand by, stick together |
Synonyms: |
abide by, adhere, agree, associate, attach, be devoted to, be tight with, be true, cling, cohere, combine, freeze to, hold, join, link, remain, stay put, 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: | cleft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separated, split |
Synonyms: |
broken, cloven, cracked, crannied, crenelated, parted, perforated, pierced, rent, riven, ruptured, separated, sundered, torn |
Antonyms: |
joined, joint, united |
| 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 |