rive
[rahyv]
verb (used with object), rived, rived or riv·en, riv·ing.
to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone.
to separate by striking; split; cleave.
to rend, harrow, or distress (the feelings, heart, etc.).
to split (wood) radially from a log.
verb (used without object), rived, rived or riv·en, riv·ing.
to become rent or split apart: stones that rive easily.
Origin of rive
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Related Words for rive
divide, fray, rend, disintegrate, splinter, shatter, fracture, wrest, scratch, rip, impair, slit, extract, sever, frazzle, injure, damage, split, slash, crackExamples from the Web for rive
Contemporary Examples of rive
I was wearing a lacy black nightgown and Rive Gauche by St. Laurent when I let him in.
Historical Examples of rive
There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator.
Patrick HenryMoses Coit Tyler
I wouldna care if ye were to rive horse and beast and a' from me now.
The Northern IronGeorge A. Birmingham
And he tugged at my tail-coat like to rive it off me, your honour.
The Dew of Their YouthS. R. Crockett
It began at its northernly end in 1855 as boulevard Sbastopol, Rive Gauche.
Historic ParisJetta S. Wolff
On the Rive Gauche, the walks at nightfall are more difficult to indicate.
Paris VistasHelen Davenport Gibbons
rive
verb rives, riving, rived, rived or riven (ˈrɪvən) (usually passive)
Word Origin for rive
C13: from Old Norse rīfa; related to Old Frisian rīva
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