cleave in Malay
belah
/ˈkliːv/
cleave in Malay: belah. In English, cleave means to split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
Malay words for cleave
- transitive to split or sever
- belah
English meaning of cleave
- verb To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- verb To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- verb To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
- verb (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
cleave in a sentence
- The wings clove the foggy air.
- The truck clove a path through the ice.
Synonyms of cleave
cleave in other languages
Questions about cleave in Malay
- What is the meaning of cleave in Malay?
- Cleave in Malay is belah.
- Apakah maksud cleave dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Cleave: belah.
- What does cleave mean in English?
- Cleave means to split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cleave (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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