cleave:
1. To split with or as if with a sharp instrument.
2. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path
through the ice.
3. To pierce or penetrate.
cleave also
means:
1. To adhere, cling, or stick fast
2. To be faithful
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