RIVE


Meaning of RIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrīv ]

verb

( rived ˈrīvd ; riv·en ˈri-vən ; also rived ; riv·ing ˈrī-viŋ)

Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse rīfa; akin to Greek ereipein to tear down

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces : rend

b. : to split with force or violence

lightning rived the tree

2.

a. : to divide into pieces : shatter

nations riven by civil war

b. : fracture

intransitive verb

: to become split : crack

Synonyms: see tear

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.