verb
To split
sever, hew, separate; see cut 1, divide 1.
To stick
cling, adhere, hold fast; see stick 1. See syn. study at stick.
See cleave in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:
To hold fast:
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