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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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clave

/kleÇv/;

US pronunciation

American sound/kleÇv/;

clave

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> clave

Myanmar meaning

(v) စွဲမြဲနေသည်။ တွယ်နေသည်။ ဖက်တွယ်ထားသည်။

Full entry

cleave¹ /kli:v/ v (pt cleaved /kli:vd/, clove /klǝƱv/ or cleft /kleft/; pp cleaved , cloven /'klǝƱvn/ or cleft )

၁။ (dated or fml ) ခုတ်ပိုင်းသည်။
cleave a block of wood in two ❍ cleave a man's head open with a sword.
၂။ ~ through sth/ ~ sth (through sth) (dated or fml ) တိုးဖြတ်သည်။ The ship's bows cleaved (through) the waves. ❍ cleave a path through the jungle ❍ (fig ) cleaving one's way/a path through the crowd.
❏ be (caught) in a cleft stick [IDM ] ရှေ့တိုးထမ်းပိုး၊ နောက်ဆုတ်လှည်းထုပ် ဖြစ်နေသည်။
❏ cleft palate n မွေးရာပါ အာခေါင်ကွဲခြင်း။ (စကားပီသ အောင် မပြောနိုင်။ )

cleave² /kli:v/ v

(pt cleaved /kli:vd/ or
clave /kleÇv/; pp cleaved )
~ to sb/sth (arch ) စွဲမြဲနေသည်။ တွယ်နေသည်။ ဖက်တွယ်ထားသည်။
cleave to old ways of life.

More examples

cleave 1 /kli:v/ v ( pt cleaved /kli:vd/, clove /klǝƱv/ or cleft /kleft/; pp cleaved , cloven /'klǝƱvn/ or cleft ) ၁။ ( dated or fml ) ခုတ်ပိုင်းသည်။ cleave a block of wood in two
cleave a man's head open with a sword. ၂။ ~ through sth/ ~ sth (through sth) ( dated or fml ) တိုးဖြတ်သည်။ The ship's bows cleaved (through) the waves.
cleave a path through the jungle

Synonyms

slice, cut, slash, smite, hew, chop, abide by, adhere, agree, associate, attach, be devoted to, be tight with, be true, carve, cling, cohere, combine, conjoin, crack, dissect, dissever, disunite, divide, divorce, embrace, freeze to, hack, hold, hold on, join, link, open, part, pierce, remain, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, split, stab, stand by, stay put, stick, stick to like glue, stick together, sunder, tear asunder, unite, whack

Antonyms

close, combine, connect, detach, disagree, disconnect, disjoin, dispute, disunite, divide, divorce, join, leave, let go, marry, meld, mend, not conform, part, separate, sever, sew, unfasten, unite

Cross references

slice cut slash smite hew chop abide by adhere agree associate attach be devoted to be tight with be true carve cling cohere combine conjoin crack dissect dissever disunite divide divorce embrace freeze to hack

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