Rive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To rend or tear apart.
  • v. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder.
  • v. To break or distress (the spirit, for example).
  • verb-intransitive. To be or become split.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
  • v. To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
  • v. To break apart; to split.
  • v. In woodworking, to use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
  • n. A place torn; a rent; a rift.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave.
  • verb-intransitive. To be split or rent asunder.
  • n. A place torn; a rent; a rift.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
  • v. tear or be torn violently
  • Verb Form
    rived    riven    rives    riving    rove   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rupture    bust    tear    snap   
    Cross Reference
    rip    rib    river   
    Variant
    riven   
    Form
    rived    riven    riving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    split    cleave    rent    rift    rend   
    Same Context
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