All 6 Uses of
cleave
in
Treasure Island
- The dusk had come nigh hand completely, and as I opened out the cleft between the two peaks, I became aware of a wavering glow against the sky, where, as I judged, the man of the island was cooking his supper before a roaring fire.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- We pulled easily, by Silver's directions, not to weary the hands prematurely, and after quite a long passage, landed at the mouth of the second river—that which runs down a woody cleft of the Spy-glass.†
Chpt 31 (definition 1) *
- Already the others had begun to lend an ear to this encouragement and were coming a little to themselves, when the same voice broke out again—not this time singing, but in a faint distant hail that echoed yet fainter among the clefts of the Spy-glass.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- "You're a good lad, Jim," he said; "and you're all in a clove hitch, ain't you?†
Chpt 15 (definition 2)
- Would you think it likely, now, that your squire would prove a liberal-minded one in case of help—him being in a clove hitch, as you remark?†
Chpt 15 (definition 2)
- J. F., and a score below, with a clove hitch to it; so he done ever.†
Chpt 29 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)