The past tense can be either cleaved or clove; the past participle can be cleaved, cloven, or cleft for meaning 1, and is cleaved for meaning 2. 过去式可写作 cleaved 或 clove;用于义项1时，过去分词可写作 cleaved, cloven 或 cleft，用于义项2时，过去分词写作 cleaved。
1 VERB 劈开;砍开 To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. 劈开;砍开 [literary]
2 VERB 坚守;信守;忠于 If someone cleaves to something or to someone else, they begin or continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them. 坚守;信守;忠于 [formal]
| Word Link | cleav ≈ splitting : cleavage, cleave, cleaver |
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