rive

Meaning

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).

Noun

A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Noun

A bank or shore.

Synonyms

split

tear

rip

cleave

rend

pull

crack

disinvest

divest

splinter

pry

rack

rapture

rent

rift

rip up

rupture

shred

skive

break through

slit

sliver

slot

snag

strip

tear down

tear off

tug

unsolder

winkle out

force open

slash

come away

come off

disintegrate

dismantle

disrupt

fist

✊

grate

knock down

peel off

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹaɪv/

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 (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift.