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Definition of rive in English: riveverbriven, rived rʌɪvraɪv literary 1Split or tear apart violently. the party was riven by disagreements over Europe figurative he was riven with guilt Example sentencesExamples - Although Disney's company was riven with conflicts after his death, the firm emerged in the mid-1980s as the prototype of a successful international media conglomerate.
- His work forms a single entity that is full of life, intelligent and open-minded, yet riven with doubt, idiosyncrasy, and contradiction.
- The negotiating process usually starts during the summer and leaves the cabinet riven with dispute as ministers fight it out with Minister for Finance for resources.
- Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
- Since the middle of the 19th century, the world of ‘classical music’ has been a world riven with political factions and contentious publicity.
Synonyms torn apart, split, rent, ripped apart, ruptured, severed literary cleft, torn asunder, ripped asunder rare dissevered - 1.1archaic Split or crack (wood or stone)
the wood was riven with deep cracks - 1.2archaic no object (of wood or stone) split or crack.
I started to chop furiously, the dry wood riving and splintering under the axe
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse rífa, of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymes alive, arrive, chive, Clive, connive, contrive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive, thrive Definition of rive in US English: riveverbraɪvrīv usually be rivenliterary 1Split or tear apart violently. the party was riven by disagreements over Europe figurative he was riven with guilt Example sentencesExamples - Although Disney's company was riven with conflicts after his death, the firm emerged in the mid-1980s as the prototype of a successful international media conglomerate.
- The negotiating process usually starts during the summer and leaves the cabinet riven with dispute as ministers fight it out with Minister for Finance for resources.
- Despite his position on the progressive wing, he emerged as leader of a party riven with internal divisions in 1976.
- Since the middle of the 19th century, the world of ‘classical music’ has been a world riven with political factions and contentious publicity.
- His work forms a single entity that is full of life, intelligent and open-minded, yet riven with doubt, idiosyncrasy, and contradiction.
Synonyms torn apart, split, rent, ripped apart, ruptured, severed - 1.1archaic Split or crack (wood or stone)
the wood was riven with deep cracks - 1.2archaic no object (of wood or stone) split or crack.
I started to chop furiously, the dry wood riving and splintering under the ax
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse rífa, of unknown ultimate origin. |