1. verb cut, split2. verb divide into two3. verb move quickly through4. verb adhere to belief etc5. verb cling, stick to1 verb literary cut, split TRANSITIVEscoilt verb c m ushe cleaved its skull with an axescoilt sí a bhlaosc le tua2 verb divide into two TRANSITIVEscoilt verb c m udeighil verb c m u3 verb literary move quickly through TRANSITIVEgearr trí PhrV c m utreabh trí PhrVthe boats were cleaving the waterbhí na báid ag gearradh tríd an uisce4 verb adhere to belief etc INTRANSITIVEto cleave to a principlecloí le prionsabal, fanacht dílis do phrionsabalthey still cleave to the old superstitionscreideann siad fós sna seanphiseoga5 verb literary cling, stick to INTRANSITIVEto cleave to sthgreamú de rud, bheith i ngreim i rud
