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rive
[rahyv] 
verb, rived, rived or riv⋅en, riv⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to tear or rend apart: to rive meat from a bone. |
| 2. | to separate by striking; split; cleave. |
| 3. | to rend, harrow, or distress (the feelings, heart, etc.). |
| 4. | to split (wood) radially from a log. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to become rent or split apart: stones that rive easily. |
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| rive (rīv) v. rived, riv·en (rĭv'ən) also rived, riv·ing, rives v. tr.
To be or become split. [Middle English riven, from Old Norse rīfa.] |
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Rive
Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, 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. --Chaucer. The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak. Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.Rive
Rive\, v. i. To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward.Rive
Rive\, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
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Language Translation for : rive
Spanish:
ribera, orilla,
German:
das Ufer,
Japanese:
堤防
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