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Definition of Rive

1. Verb. Tear or be torn violently. "They rive the sheets"; "Pull the cooked chicken into strips"

2. Verb. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. "The girls rive the wooden sticks"; "Cleave the bone"

Definition of Rive

1. v. t. To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

2. v. i. To be split or rent asunder.

3. n. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Definition of Rive

1. Verb. (transitive archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To break apart; to split. ¹

4. Verb. In woodworking, to use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards). ¹

5. Noun. A place torn; a rent; a rift. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rive

1. to tear apart [v RIVED, RIVEN, RIVING, RIVES]

Medical Definition of Rive

1. 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) Origin: Icel. Rifa, akin to Sw. Rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. Rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rive

rivalizes rivalled rivalless rivalling rivalries rivalrous rivalrously rivalry rivalry of retina rivals

rivalship rivalships rivaroxaban rivas rivastigmine rive (current term) rived rivel rivelled rivelling

rivels riven river river-bank river-bed river-type fish river bank river banks river basin river basins

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