All 8 Uses of

cleave

in

The Battle of the Labyrinth

The Council of Cloven Elders is meeting now to decide his fate.†
Chpt 2

cloven = split (or divided in two)

I'd never seen the three old satyrs before, but I guessed they must be the Council of Cloven Elders.†
Chpt 2

The Council of Cloven Elders has revoked Grover's searcher's license in absentia.†
Chpt 13

He stabbed his black blade into the floor, and it cleaved through the stone like butter.
Chpt 15 *

cleaved = splitting or cutting through

At noon, the Council of Cloven Elders held an emergency meeting in their sacred grove.†
Chpt 19

In desperation I uncapped Riptide and slashed at the fountain, cleaving it in two.†
Chpt 5

Definitions:

(1) (cleave as in: cleave through)
to split or cut through something

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) (cleave as in: cleave to)
to hold firmly to something -- such as an object, a person or idea

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.
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
a proper noun or other word too rare to warrant focus