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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Cleave
Description: Cleave is a verb that means to separate or divide into parts.
Our word of the day comes from Old English and is ultimately derived from German. Here’s an example of it in use:
Looking back, it was kind of a waste of time to cleave that cake into eight pieces. I could have simply cut it in half and eaten half for breakfast and the other half for brunch.