Definitions for rive



Overview of verb rive

The verb rive has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) rend, rip, rive, pull

(tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")

2. cleave, split, rive

(separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone")

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