"Cleave" is a funny word that has opposite meanings
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Google definition
# separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
# make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
# come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;

Mirriam Webster definition number one
: to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

Mirriam Webster defintion number two
1 : to divide by or as if by a cutting blow
2 : to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS MADNESS!

I'm about to buy a cleaver from my local hardware guy and I want to be sure it will split a body in two instead of gluing partial bodies together.
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"Cleave" is a funny word that has opposite meanings - by DeeBye - 06-25-2006, 06:19 AM

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