Both Uses of
cleave
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- Wriggling around he cried, "Stupefy!" and a red bolt of light shot from his own wand, cleaving a gap between the four pursuing Death Eaters as they scat-tered to avoid it.†
Chpt 4
- Pain cleaved Harry's head like a sword stroke.†
Chpt 27 *
Definition:
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(cleave as in: cleave through) to split or cut through somethingeditor's notes: Ironically, this word can mean to split in two or to hold together.
Note that you may see cleaved, cleft, clove, or cloven as the past tense of this sense of cleave.