Definitions for: Rive

[v] separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
[v] tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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, v. i.
To be split or rent asunder.

Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.
--Woodward.

Rive, n.
A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]

Synonyms: cleave, pull, rend, rip, split

See Also: bust, laminate, maul, rupture, snap, tear

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