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Definition of Rive
1. Verb. Tear or be torn violently. "They rive the sheets"; "Pull the cooked chicken into strips"
Generic synonyms: Bust, Rupture, Snap, Tear
Derivative terms: Rip, Rip
2. Verb. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. "The girls rive the wooden sticks"; "Cleave the bone"
Specialized synonyms: Maul, Laminate
Generic synonyms: Tear
Related verbs: Cleave
Derivative terms: Cleavage, Cleaver, Cleft, Split, Split, Splitter, Splitter
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. 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)
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