Cleaving
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cleaving is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cleave.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of cleave.
More Meanings
- That cleaves.
- The act of one who cleaves, splits, or severs.
- The act of one who cleaves, clings, or adheres.
Example Sentences
On all of them they renew their cleavings to God with love and delight.
Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation […]
My head blazed with pain. The speed, the cleaving wind, the flailing beams of light from traffic tormented me. And there was the sickly smell too that no night air could clear.
That’s worth all the fuss and all the effort, all the sweat and the cleaving wind, the grind of wheels on paviors and the shrill of exaltation that you hold behind your teeth because really, let’s be cool, okay?
Word Forms
- cleavings
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