cleave

I

v

1. stick, cling, clasp, hold close, hold fast, cherish; cohere, be united, be joined.

2. be true, be devoted, remain faithful, remain constant; stay close, stick together, Inf. stick with; grow together, coalesce; believe in, have faith in, uphold, sustain, support, stand by, upbear; embrace, grip, hold, hug.

II

v

1. split, divide, partition, halve, bisect, quarter, section; hack, hew, chop, slash, slit; part, rupture, open, lay open, gash, rive, rend, sunder; disjoin, separate, Obs. dimidiate, bifurcate; cut off, sever, shear off, detach, break off, abscind.

2. cut a passage, blaze a trail, make a path, make one's way, penetrate, breach the wilderness.

3. penetrate, pass through, sail through, plow, plow through, cut, cut through, tear, slice, slip, slide, move at a good clip.