rive

[ rahyv ]

/ raɪv /

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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

1225–75; Middle English riven<Old Norse rīfa to tear, split. See rift

OTHER WORDS FROM rive

un·rived, adjective

Words nearby rive

riv., rivage, rival, rivalrous, rivalry, rive, rivel, riven, river, Rivera, Rivera, Diego

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Example sentences from the Web for rive

The president, GOP senators and his advisers have been riven over what to offer in terms of immigration throughout his presidency.
Trump, in town hall, says he wouldn’t have done anything differently on pandemic|Colby Itkowitz, Josh Dawsey, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
But she was not to come in as a wedge to rive her from this man.
The Rustler of Wind River|G. W. Ogden
There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator.
Patrick Henry|Moses Coit Tyler
I meant them to rive; and see how the cowards have scampered off from them.
The Kangaroo Hunters|Anne Bowman

On the Rive Gauche, the walks at nightfall are more difficult to indicate.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
It began at its northernly end in 1855 as boulevard Sbastopol, Rive Gauche.
Historic Paris|Jetta S. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for rive

rive

/ (raɪv) /

verb rives, riving, rived, rived or riven (ˈrɪvən) (usually passive)

to split asundera tree riven by lightning

to tear apartriven to shreds

archaic to break (the heart) or (of the heart) to be broken

Word Origin for rive

C13: from Old Norse rīfa; related to Old Frisian rīva

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单词	rive
释义	rive [ rahyv ] / raɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rive ON THESAURUS.COM 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 1225–75; Middle English riven<Old Norse rīfa to tear, split. See rift OTHER WORDS FROM rive un·rived, adjective Words nearby rive riv., rivage, rival, rivalrous, rivalry, rive, rivel, riven, river, Rivera, Rivera, Diego Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rive The president, GOP senators and his advisers have been riven over what to offer in terms of immigration throughout his presidency. Trump, in town hall, says he wouldn’t have done anything differently on pandemic\|Colby Itkowitz, Josh Dawsey, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner\|September 16, 2020\|Washington Post But she was not to come in as a wedge to rive her from this man. The Rustler of Wind River\|G. W. Ogden There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator. Patrick Henry\|Moses Coit Tyler I meant them to rive; and see how the cowards have scampered off from them. The Kangaroo Hunters\|Anne Bowman On the Rive Gauche, the walks at nightfall are more difficult to indicate. Paris Vistas\|Helen Davenport Gibbons It began at its northernly end in 1855 as boulevard Sbastopol, Rive Gauche. Historic Paris\|Jetta S. Wolff British Dictionary definitions for rive rive / (raɪv) / verb rives, riving, rived, rived or riven (ˈrɪvən) (usually passive) to split asundera tree riven by lightning to tear apartriven to shreds archaic to break (the heart) or (of the heart) to be broken Word Origin for rive C13: from Old Norse rīfa; related to Old Frisian rīva Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rive divide, fray, rend, disintegrate, splinter, shatter, fracture, wrest, scratch, rip, impair, slit, extract, sever, frazzle, injure, damage, split, slash, crack
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rive

verb (used with object), rived, rived or riv·en, riv·ing.

verb (used without object), rived, rived or riv·en, riv·ing.

Origin of rive

OTHER WORDS FROM rive

Words nearby rive

Example sentences from the Web for rive

British Dictionary definitions for rive

verb rives, riving, rived, rived or riven (ˈrɪvən) (usually passive)

Word Origin for rive

Words related to rive