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cleave has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
make by cutting into
“The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for cleave come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
“The dress clings to her body”