Cleave and Run

Cleave

Cleave verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.

Run and cleave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a verb "Cleave".

Nearby Words: cleavage, cleaver, cleaving

Run

Run verb - To go at a pace faster than a walk.

Cleave and run are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleave" instead a verb "Run".

Nearby Word: running

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

team cleave team run team
way cleave way run way
head cleave head run head
attacks cleave attacks run attacks
Other words: enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • After Aragorn and Éomer have run off a group of Uruk-hai, a dozen of them pretend to be dead and leap up on them when their backs are turned — only to have Gimli pop up and cleave off two of their heads in a typically Dwarven display of awesome.
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Run and Cleave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleave/run
Cleave & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleave/run>.
Run or Cleave. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleave/run.
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