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What does rive mean?
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| rive - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" | ||
| cleave, split | ||
| tear fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing" | ||
| maul injure badly by beating | ||
| laminate split (wood) into thin sheets | ||
| cleave separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" | ||
| rive - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" | ||
| rend, rip, pull | ||
| rupture, bust, tear, snap fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- rive (Noun)
A place torn; a rent; a rift. - rive (Verb)
To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave. - rive (Verb)
To pierce or cleave with a weapon. - rive (Verb)
To break apart; to split. - rive (Verb)
In woodworking, to use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log e. g. clapboards.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rive (v. t.)
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. - rive (v. i.)
To be split or rent asunder. - rive (n.)
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The sea-shore. Also, as a verb, to split wood.
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🔤- rive, verb, present, 1st person singular of rive (infinitive).
- rive, verb (infinitive).
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