Contact and joining
Synonyms for cleave
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Cleave the bone.
The true synonym
split
Same sentence, swapped: Split the bone.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for cleave as it is used in the sentence above.
- adhere
- activate
- grasp
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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
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