rive (redirected from riving)

rive  (rv)

v. rived, riv·en (rvn) also rived, riv·ing, rives

v.tr.

1. To rend or tear apart.

2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder.

3. To break or distress (the spirit, for example).

v.intr.

To be or become split.

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[Middle English riven, from Old Norse rfa.]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	rive - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" rend, rip, pull rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
	2.	rive - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" cleave, split maul - split (wood) with a maul and wedges laminate - split (wood) into thin sheets tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars" cleave - make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"