The Only Use of
cleave
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- "One time I asked her to have a chew and she said no thanks, that—chewing gum cleaved to her palate and rendered her speechless," said Jem carefully.
p. 82..7cleaved = stuck (held tightly)
Definition:
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(cleave as in: cleave to) to hold firmly to something -- such as an object, a person or ideaeditor's notes: Ironically, this word can mean to split in two or to hold together.
Note that you may see cleaved, clove, or clave as the past tense of this sense of cleave.