rive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rive	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for rive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rive v tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Synonym(s): rend, rip, rive, pull separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" Synonym(s): cleave, split, rive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[c6]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rive \Rive\, v. i. To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rive \Rive\, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]