only 1 use
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
to split something — especially with violent force
or:
to cut through something
or:
to cut through something
- ...venture, he dared not return to the lodging which he occupied in the Rue Grenier-sur-l'Eau, opposite to the Port-au-Foin, having depended upon receiving from monsieur the provost for his epithalamium, the wherewithal to pay Master Guillaume Doulx-Sire, farmer of the taxes on cloven-footed animals in Paris, the rent which he owed him, that is to say, twelve sols parisian; twelve times the value of all that he possessed in the world, including his trunk-hose, his shirt, and his cap.1.2.1 — Vol 1 Bk 2 Chpt 1 — From Charybdis to Scylla (14% in)
There are no more uses of "cleave" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Typical Usage
(best examples)