Cleave, a verb, has two very different meanings. It can describe cutting or splitting something apart with a sharp instrument, or — oddly enough — it can describe sticking to something like glue. To cleave or not to cleave, that is the question.

What does it mean to cleave unto something?

cleave \KLEEV\ verb. 1 : to divide (something) by or as if by a cutting blow : split. 2 : to separate (something) into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views.

Does cleave have two meanings?

The word "cleave" has two opposite meanings - either to stick together or to split apart.