1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to.

My bones cleave to my skin. Psa 102.

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Psa 137.

Cleave to that which is good. Rom 12.

2. To unite aptly; to fit; to sit well on.

3. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

A man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife. Gen 2. Math. 19.

Cleave to Jehovah your God. Josh 23.

, v.i. To part; to open; to crack; to separate, as parts of cohering bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

The mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zec 14.