To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
To split.
To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
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.
Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
To clamp with or as with a vise.
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.