Rive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), 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.
verb (used without object), rived, rived or riv·en, riv·ing.
  1. to become rent or split apart: stones that rive easily.
verb rives, riving, rived, rived or riven (ˈrɪvən) (usually passive)
  1. to split asunder
  2. to tear apart
  3. to break (the heart) or (of the heart) to be broken
Rive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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