About The Word Rive
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Rive
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What's The Definition Of Rive?
[v] separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
[v] tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rive: cleave | pull | rend | rip | split Related Terms | Find terms related to Rive: See Also | bust | laminate | maul | rupture | snap | tear Rive In Webster's Dictionary \Rive\, v. t. [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to
pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear.
Cf. {Reef} of land, {Rifle} a gun, {Rift}, {Rivel}.]
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive
timber for rails or shingles.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.
\Rive\, v. i. To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward. \Rive\, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.] |
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