rive

[rive]

Tear or be torn violently

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

Verb
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

Verb
tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

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

v. i.
To be split or rent asunder.

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

Rive

Rive , v. t. [imp. Rived ; p. p. Rived or Riven ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r'c6fa, 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.

The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks.

Brutus hath rived my heart.

Rive

Rive, v. i. To be split or rent asunder.

Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.

Rive

Rive, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]

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

To be split or rent asunder.

A place torn; a rent; a rift.

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