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How to pronounce “cleave”

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Pronunciation guide for cleave

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of cleave with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Broken Lizard's Super Troopers 2because they're trying to cleave--
Definition summary: (transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

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Broken Lizard's Super Troopers 2

because they're trying to cleave--

[Verb]
(transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
(transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
(transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
(transitive) (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
(intransitive) To split.
(intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
[Noun]
(technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
A cut (slash) or a cut location, either naturally or artificially.