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cleaves

How many syllables in cleaves?

  1 syllable

Divide cleaves into syllables:   cleaves
Syllable stress:   cleaves
How to say cleaves:

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What rhymes with cleaves

1 syllable
  • eaves
  • greaves
  • heaves
  • neves
  • sheaves
  • steeves
  • thieves
  • eves
  • grieves
  • leaves
  • peeves
  • sleeves
  • thieve
  • weave
2 syllables
  • believes
  • reaves
  • reeves
  • retrieves
3 syllables
4 syllables
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