To split; cleave; rend asunder by force: as, to rive timber for rails, etc., with wedges; the oak is riven.To cause to pierce; thrust.To pierce; stab.To explode; discharge.Synonyms See rend.To be split or rent asunder; fall apart.n. A place torn; a rent; a tear.n. That which is torn, as with the teeth.n. A rake.An obsolete or dialectal form of rife.n. Bank; shore.To land; arrive.To go; travel.