cleave

Verb

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
  • The dress clings to her body
    
  • The label stuck to the box
    
  • The sushi rice grains cohere
    

• make by cutting into
  • The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock
    

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  • cleave the bone
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cling , adhere , stick , cohere , split , rive