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say it: kleev
cleave is a verb meaning "separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument". It carries 3 recorded senses.
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
“The dress clings to her body”
“The label stuck to the box”
“The sushi rice grains cohere”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cleave come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.