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rive

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪv/

The English word “rive” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.
  2. To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
  3. To break apart; to split.
  4. To burst open; explode; discharge.
  5. To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
  6. To land.

noun

  1. A place torn; a rent; a rift.
  2. A bank or shore.

Etymology

From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”). Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive…

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