cleave
- IPA[klēv]
美式
- stick fast to；adhere strongly to (a particular pursuit or belief)
verb: cleave, 3rd person present: cleaves, gerund or present participle: cleaving, past tense: cleaved, past participle: cleaved
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. literary stick fast to Rose's mouth was dry, her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth
- ▪ literary adhere strongly to (a particular pursuit or belief) part of why we cleave to sports is that excellence is so measurable
- ▪ literary become very strongly involved with or emotionally attached to (someone) it was his choice to cleave to the Brownings
