Synonyms of cleaved

cleaved

verb

variants or clove or clave

past tense of cleave

as in adhered

to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion

you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adhered
• stuck
• clung
• glued
• hewed
• bound
• fused
• fastened
• united
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fell
• dropped
• loosened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cleaved

His image split down the middle as if cleaved in half by the lightning. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026

Bathroom mirrors and toilets and kitchen tables stand exposed to the rain in homes cleaved in half like dollhouses. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026

In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives. — New York Times, 22 June 2026

For years, Seattle’s waterfront was isolated and written off as a tourist trap thanks to a double-decker highway that cleaved it from the rest of the city. — Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026

Trunks were cleaved down the center. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026

The two rows of buildings are cleaved down the middle by a pathway leading visitors toward the temple. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

But there’s one factor helping them on Iran policy right now, two decades after Iraq cleaved the Democratic Party in two. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026

Cyprus was cleaved along ethnic lines in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup aiming to unite the island with Greece. — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026