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Definitions of cleave
  1. verb
    separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
    "cleave the bone"

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  2. verb
    come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

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  3. verb
    make by cutting into
    "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
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Definition that contains cleave
  • barong a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines
  • endonuclease a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
  • cleavable capable of being cleaved
  • galium annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers
  • dolabriform having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver
  • genus galium annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers
  • dolabrate having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver
  • restriction site the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA
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