[rahyv] 
verb, rived, rived or riv⋅en, riv⋅ing.| 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. |
| 5. | to become rent or split apart: stones that rive easily. |
| 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.] |
